25 Interesting Things you Didn't know about Greece
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1 Athens is one of the oldest capitals in the world and more than 40% of Greece's population lives there.
2 There are over 120 million olive trees in Greece some of them are from the 13th century and still producing olives.
3 Greece is considered to be one of the sunniest countries in the world with over 250 sunny days each year.
4 A Greek movie featured the first nude scene in cinema history.
5 Greece is considered to be the most sexually active country in the world according to a direct survey Greeks have sex approximately 164 times per year.
6 Greece currently has the highest unemployment rate in the European Union twenty six point five percent followed by Spain with a 24 percentage.
7 Greece if you are 18 or older you are obligated by law to vote.
8 Nearly 17 million tourists visit Greece each year that's 50% more than the entire population in the country.
9 There are thousands of English words that came from the Greek language was like apology siren Marathon Academy alphabet and many others Greek being the oldest written language still in existence.
10 Greece has over 2,000 islands and only 170 of them are populated.
11 The original Santa Claus was Greek you might be familiar with the story of Saint Nicholas.
12 Greece is the country with the most archaeological museums.
13 There are only a few retirement homes in Greece all people live with their children until they die.
14 Ancient Greece almost 80% of the population was made up by slaves.
15 Greek has been spoken for over 3,000 years making it one of the oldest languages in the world.
16 Greece has the lowest suicide rate in the European Union.
17 If a Greek spits on you won't get mad it's a good thing it's supposed to chase the misfortune away.
18 Even with the economic crisis Greece remains the country of the lowest suicide rate in the European Union.
19 Statistically speaking Greece is the country with the largest maritime fleet in the world is outnumbered only by Japan but solely on the surface covered is number one Aristotle Onassis was one of the best-known shipping businessmen in history and at his peak he was considered to be the richest man in the world.
20 Greece has one of the highest abortion rates and one the lowest divorce rates in the European Union.
21 The drachma is 2,560 years old and it is the oldest currency in Europe and it is very likely that if Greece is pushed out of the eurozone that the country will revert to it.
22 Over 7 percent of the world's marble comes from Greece.
23 Greece isn't really the country's name the Greek refers to the country as Helles or aladar as the name of the Hellenic Republic the Romans call it Grisha referring to the land of Greek people and that's what the rest of the world calls it today.
24 The literacy rate among Grieg's in the 1950s was only 30 percent now it's 95 percent and rising.
25 There are more Greek women than Greek men so basically the Democratic vote is ruled by the ladies thank you for spending some time with us.
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