Maple Syrup & Asteroid Impacts
This country produces more than 80 percent of the world's maple syrup.
They sometimes refer to imitation maple syrup as sirop de poteau
('pole syrup'), a joke referring to the syrup as having
been made by tapping telephone poles.
13 of the 40 largest impact craters are located in this country.
Baseball
Baseball was brought into this country in the 1860s by Nemesio Guillot.
It became a symbol of freedom and a popular alternative to bullfighting
which had been promoted by the Spanish colonial power.
Personal Space
With a population of about 56,000 and an area of over 830,000 square miles,
this dependency boasts an average 14.8 square miles per inhabitant.
Eating Beef
Its people mainly eat beef. The national dish is Asado, barbecued meat.
This meal is made up of beef ribs, kidneys and salivary glands or mollejas
in addition to chinchulines or tripa gorda and sweet blood pudding sausage.
Rain
Not only is Lloro with 523.5 inches of rainfall a year, the wettest place on
earth, but in 2012, this nation had almost a year of virtually non-stop rain.
Dykes burst, rivers overflowed, 1,000 people were killed, injured or missing.
In Puerto Boyacá, coffins holding the dead were floated to the cemetery on boats.
Noble Laureates & Getting Killed by Lawnmowers
In 2004, there were 27 deaths in this country by lawnmower...
9 times as many as #2 ranked Japan.
They also have 350 Noble Laureates, almost
3 times as many as #2 ranked UK (120).
Happiness
In 2012, this country topped the Happy Planet Index for the 2nd time,
as its national conservation policies, small ecological footprint, high
quality of life and life expectancy rate are all exceedingly above par.
Defenselessness
This is the second country in Latin America (the other is its neighbor, Costa Rica) to permanently abolish standing armies, leaving it with only small para-military forces. This came as a result of a US invasion that overthrew a
military dictatorship which ruled the country from 1968 to 1989.
Miss Universe
Only the USA with 8 winners has more than this country's 6 winners,
including back-to-back winners in 2008 and 2009.
Staying Married
In 2004, this country became the last nation in
the Western Hemisphere to legalize divorce.
While a flood of divorces were predicted, barely 1,000 couples
in a nation of 15 million took advantage of the new law.
According to news reports, only four divorces were granted the first day.
Forests
With over 90% of its area covered by forests, it leads the world,
though neighboring Brazil, and several other South
American countries, have more square miles of forests.
Getting Struck by Lightening
This country had 223 deaths by lightening in 2004,
over 50 more than second place Thailand.
Exporting Soccer Players
In 2010, 2,204 of this country's players were sold or transferred to
clubs abroad, topping its neighbor Brazil as an exporter with 1,674.
Selling the rights to the players generated about $500 million.
Endangering Plants
With over 668 endangered plant species, they easily beat out number 2
China (446) and have almost 6 times as many as number 3 Brazil (117).
Homicide
This country has the highest rate of intentional homicide in the world, with
6,239 intentional homicides, or 82.1 per 100,000 of population in 2010.
This is significantly higher than the rate in neighboring
El Salvador, which at 66.0 per 100,000 in 2010, has
the second highest rate of intentional homicide in the world.
Sandboarding
The province of Ica, has sand dunes reaching up to 2 km
including Duna Grande, the largest sand dune in the world.
There is also excellent sandboarding near the capital city.
Brazil Nuts
This country harvests about 50% of the total harvest of all Brazil nuts.
FIFA World Cup Titles
This country's soccer team has a record 5 FIFA World Cup championships
It is also the only team to have won the world cup in four different continents:
Europe (1958 Sweden), South America (1962 Chile), North America
(1970 Mexico and 1994 United States) and Asia (2002 Korea/Japan).
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