iceland, n.Trivia

Iceland’s two whisky distilleries use sheep manure (rather than coal or peat) as a fuel for kilning barley.

Iceland doesn't have mosquitos and nobody knows why

Reykjavik (Iceland) heats their sidewalks and streets to keep them free of ice and snow, saving taxpayers a significant amount of money on snow removal services.

Iceland has more authors, more books published, and more books read per person than anywhere else in the world.

Iceland is the only member of NATO without a standing army.

Iceland was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935

Iceland has such a low crime rate that the Police don’t carry guns

One in 10 Icelanders will publish a book

Icelandit's illegal for parents to discipline heir children with scary stories about fictional characters.

Iceland does not have a railway system.

Iceland went through a prohibition beginning in 1915 and ending in 1989 after a referendum vote by the population.

Iceland has the world’s oldest parliament in history (930 A.D.)

About 11% of Iceland is covered by glaciers

Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)

Iceland has a Christmas Eve tradition, Jolabokaflod, where family and friends exchange books, which they read together while eating chocolate

Iceland grows 5 centimeters every year as the North American and European tectonic plates grow wider apart.

Iceland has a dating app that stops you from hooking up with your cousin.

Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country

Only one person has ever been killed by armed police in Iceland since it became an independent republic in 1944.

Iceland has no army and has been recognised as the most peaceful country in the world for the last six years.