Just a book with some random facts about anything and everything.
(Formerly 'Factastic! - Random Facts')
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#779 Random - 08/04/16
#756 Random - 12/04/16
#652 Random - 15/04/16
#585 Random - 17/04/16
The country I just came from. Belarus is going to be next, promise, russetfox12345!
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811. Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is one of the world's oldest and biggest malls. It's almost 600 years old and was the world's most popular tourist attraction in 2014, visited by over 91 million people.
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812. A signature Turkish dessert dish is tavuk göğsü, or chicken breast pudding. It's a strange blend of boiled chicken, milk, and sugar, dusted with cinnamon.
And I think I ate this... It was delicious, though...
813. Saint Nicholas was born in Patara, so: Santa Claus is from Turkey.
814. Oil wrestling is the national sport and a 654-year-old tradition.
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815. A new type of flower is discovered in Turkey every 10 days.
816. Two of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world are in Turkey: Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
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817. Turkish people almost always have a soup before their meals, even before breakfast.
818. Turkey has the highest number of Facebook users in the world compared to the internet penetration in this country, probably because they are so connected and close to each other.
819. Turkey was among the first countries in the world to give women the right to vote. Even before United States and majority of European countries.
820. Even though Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, and the third most populated in Europe, Ankara is the capital of Turkey.
