Europe: fun and strange facts

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This country has a desert, where some Westerns were filmed, with a Wild West amusement park.

German and US army units fought together here against a German SS force in the Battle of Castle Itter in 1945.

The Swiss army accidentally hit this country with a rocket attack in 1985.

The man who built the jail in Dundalk went bankrupt while doing so and became the first inmate in his own prison.

This country ran out of vodka celebrating the end of World War II.

People in this Black Sea nation shake their head to signify "Yes", and nod for "No".

There is a public altar to Ragutis, the god of beer, in this Baltic country's capital city.

Local legend has it that St. Marinus's donkey was eaten by a bear, which then became his pet.

The Chernobyl nuclear meltdown changed one fireman's eyes from brown to blue.

On the First Crusade, some crusaders here carried a goose, believed to have been sent by God (they ate it when they got to the Lorraine region).

In the Low Countries, 12th century priest Tanchelm claimed that he was God incarnate, and had followers so devoted that they drank his bathwater.

A majority-muslim nation, this became the world's first atheist state when it banned religion (from 1941 to 1992).

Franz Ferdinand (shot in this country) was an obsessive hunter who killed close to 300,000 animals.

There is a mini Statue of Liberty in the Haugaland district. The copper for the real statue came from here.

This contentious territory has a statue Of Bill Clinton in its capital.

This cyrillic-using nation was the birthplace of 17 Roman emperors, including Constantine the Great.

In ancient times, children had actual action figure toys of the empire's gladiators.

This country has no permanent rivers or lakes. Its name comes from Greek, meaning "honey".

Most of this principality's population are foreigners. It has Europe's highest golf course, at 2,250m altitude.

The people of this Baltic state had the world's first Christmas tree. After decorating it, they set fire to it.

Skype was developed partly by programmers from this nation, whose language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family.

Guinness list the Spreuerhofstraße in Reutlingen as the world's narrowest street.

PM Nikola Gruevski had an Arc de Triomphe and a White House built in the capital city. He was later sentenced to 9 years in jail, but fled the country.

The fictional murder on the Orient Express took place in this nation of many islands.

In the Middle Ages there were several defenestrations here, in which Catholics were thrown out of windows.

Europe's least-visited country, there is a rare Turkic language here called Gagauz.

This EU member has a 44-letter alphabet. It awarded Elvis posthumous citizenship in 2011.

Soldiers in this landlocked eastern country celebrate the coming of spring by smashing bricks with their heads.

This southern country has Europe’s largest population of black bears and wolves.

Ruled by a Grand Duke, this nation's royal house produced several Holy Roman Emperors in the Middle Ages.

There is a claim to be made that this tiny coastal nation was at war with Japan from 1904 to 2006.

Religious leader Leo X had a pet white elephant.

This country of 37 million did not exist between 1795 and 1918, its territory being divided up between Russia, Prussia and Austria.

A man from this mountainous Slavic country swam the entire length of the Amazon, as well as the Yangtze and Mississippi.

This nation has the only capital city which is located on borders with two other countries (Austria and Hungary).

The capital of this badger-fearing Nordic country has stone lions on the streets to protect people from being hit by vehicles.

The inhabitants of this ancient country refused to eat beans, believing they contained the souls of the dead.

Europe's longest uninterrupted monarchy, it goes back to Gorm the Elder in 936 AD.

This mosquito-free country has no railways, and beer was banned until 1989.

Its name comes from the Greek meaning "single house". Gambling is illegal for residents, of whom about 70% are millionaires.

This kingdom awarded a dog the Blue Cross medal for extinguishing an incendiary bomb by peeing on it.

This was the first European nation to discover Japan, and Japanese still has some common words which come from their language.

A force of 600 defeated a Milanese army of 10,000 here at the 1478 Battle of Giornico.

This nation has the word's most heavy metal bands per capita, and a Burger King with a sauna in it.

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