Romania is the surprising birthplace of good coffee
Francesco Illy, the founder of the Italian coffee roasting company, was actually born in TimiÈ™oara, Romania. He later moved to Vienna, and then the Italian city of Trieste. He didn’t make a 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Romanians, however, which was topped by Stephen the Great and featured the likes of Nadia Comăneci and Gheorghe Hagi.
Related Facts
In Ethiopia there are Thirteen months to the year
It was discovered by local farmers.
The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were based on very different designs
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank were both born in the same year.
The phrase "OMG" was first used in writing in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.
Did you Know? The 'Big Apple' has an unusual story.
Did you Know! Babylon became a great power under the rule of Hammurabi
There’s An Intergovernmental Arctic Forum.
Cornell University offers a wine major.
Uzbekistan is The World’s 56th Largest Country
The number four is extremely unlucky
There’s a Rabbit Island in Japan
Cherry farmers hire helicopters to blow dry their trees
The phrase, "It's is raining cats and dogs" have several different origin theories.
New York is the birthplace of LGBTQ and American Rights.
The most widely spoken language on the islands is not Andamanese or Nicobarese
Parisians declined Tom Cruise’s request for becoming an honorary citizen
Mexico's presidential residence is 14 times larger than the White House and officially welcomed tourists in 2018.
The traditional Christmas Eve meal is KFC
There were five Japanese cities on the US’s initial atomic hit list and Nagasaki was not one of them
Uzbekistan contains UNESCO World Heritage Sites
In New York City, over 40 buildings have their own zip codes.
Did you Know? The first Pizzeria in USA opened in New York.
Interestingly! Poland has one of the world’s oldest salt mines
Interestingly! A letter penned by Albert Einstein sparked the Manhattan Project.