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Iceland is the safest country in the world….

December 27, 2022Weirdo

Iceland is the safest country in the world in case of a nuclear war, because it is isolated from the rest of the world, doesn’t have a standing army to target and generates all of its electricity from geothermal sources.

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Norse Paganism is the fastest growing…

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022Weirdo

Norse Paganism is the fastest growing and largest non-Christian religion in Iceland.

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The Icelandic government banned…

October 11, 2021Weirdo

The Icelandic government banned the stationing of black American soldiers in Iceland during the Cold War so as to “protect Icelandic women and preserve a homogenous national body”. After pressure from the US military, the ban was eventually lifted in the late 1960s.

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During the Cold War, the Icelandic…

June 7, 2021Weirdo

During the Cold War, the Icelandic government imposed a ban on black US soldiers on its US base for the purposes of “protecting” Icelandic women and preserve a homogeneous “national body.”

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In Iceland men would have to to…

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021Weirdo

In Iceland men would have to to lift a 100 kg stone to hip height to qualify to work on a fishing boat. Some of the original stones still sit on the beach at Djúpalónssandur. This tradition became the inspiration for lifting the Ardblair Stones in Scotland, Iceland, and Wales.

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People who speak Icelandic can…

March 23, 2021Weirdo

People who speak Icelandic can still understand the old Icelandic Sagas because of how little the language has changed over the past 1000 years.

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Iceland has largest banana plantation …

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021Weirdo

Iceland has largest banana plantation in Europe. They use geothermal energy to heat greenhouses, allowing for the production of tropical fruits like banananas.

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There’s a grocery chain in the UK…

January 22, 2021Weirdo

There’s a grocery chain in the UK called Iceland Foods that once pursued legal action against Icelandic companies that use the name Iceland in their names. Iceland Foods was founded in 1970, while the country Iceland was established in 874.

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90% of Icelandic women went on strike…

November 12, 2020Weirdo

90% of Icelandic women went on strike both professionally and domestically in 1975. This led to the passage of equal pay legislation the following year.

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The city of Reykjavík, Iceland, uses…

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020Weirdo

The city of Reykjavík, Iceland, uses hot water to maintain the temperature of a section of its downtown pond so the birds living there always have a corner in which to swim, even in winter.

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