80 People Reveal Shocking and Unbelievable Secrets About Their Countries You Never Knew
Ever wonder which country holds the crown for the most glittering stash of gold? Spoiler alert: Indian women collectively hoard a whopping 24,000 tons of gold—outshining the combined reserves of the top five gold-holding nations. Yes, you read that right! But that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to bizarre and mind-boggling facts about countries around the globe. From land reclaimed from the sea by human ingenuity, to quirky traditions and jaw-dropping historical oddities, this collection will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the world. Ready to have your mind blown? Dive in and discover the wild and wonderful quirks of nations far and wide. LEARN MORE
Indian women collectively hold an estimated 24,000 tons of gold, which is more than the combined gold reserves of the top five gold-holding countries.
60% of our country would be (re)claimed by the sea if we’d done nothing for the past 500 years about water management. More than half of it exists because human beings are f*****g smart.
Edit: Yes, The Netherlands.
Contraception was only legalised in Ireland in 1980. Homosexuality was only decriminalised in 1993. Divorce was only legalised in 1995.
In Australia you are never more than 50m away from a snake. 1 in 3 houses in Brisbane have a resident snake living in the roof.
Australia lost a prime minister. Like literally lost him. Harold Holt went out for a swim at Portsea Beach one day and was never seen again. No body, nothing. Of course there were rumours about a Chinese submarine waiting offshore to whisk him away, but nothing was ever proven. Then Melbourne Council named a swimming pool after him. True story.
We have more saunas per capita than street legal cars. Roughly 2.7M cars (not including bigger vehicles like trucks/semis/buses/trains/military etc) and 3.2M saunas in Finland.
Poland
A bear called Wojtek fought in our army in WW2 and he carried amunition during the battle of Monte Cassino.
He also liked to drink beer and smoke(and eat at the same time) cigarets, he had the rank of corporal during his time in the army, he was bought by our soldiers in Syria later lived in Italy and at the end in Scotland where he was put in a zoo where he died in 1963, he never actually visted poland and we have statues of him in diffrent polish cities, his statues are also in Italy and Scotland.
In Honduras there’s a interesting event that happens every year in a really small town, called “La Lluvia de Peces” (The Rain of Fish), where fish fall from the sky during heavy storms, likely sucked up by waterspouts and dropped on land, leaving locals to collect them for food. There has been some studies and there are several explanations but nothing completely confirmed.
Poland. We had woman crowned “King” instead of “Queen”. And her husband met diplomats from our country in the baths half-naked to show how civilized he is. We enlisted bear in the military and had him reach quite a high rank in the artillery division.
We are a WTF nation in general.
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