VISIT ICELAND
Added on: 28th May 2015
ICELAND PUBLISHES MORE BOOKS PER CAPITA
THAN ANY OTHER NATION
THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY THEIR LITERACY RATE IS 99%
THEY ARE ALSO RANKED AS THE FOURTH
HAPPIEST NATION ON EARTH
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LAST NAMES
THE PHONE BOOK IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO FIRST NAME
IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH ONE ANOTHER
(IN PLACE OF LAST NAMES), ONE OF THE FIRST
QUESTIONS ICELANDERS ASK EACH OTHER
IS "HVERRA MANNA ERT ÞÚ?” (WHO ARE YOUR PEOPLE?)
SINCE THE COUNTRY IS VERY ISOLATED AND HAS ONLY
300,000 PEOPLE, THE JOKE THAT ALL ICELANDERS
ARE RELATED ACTUALLY HOLDS SOME WEIGHT
THERE IS EVEN AN APP CALLED THE "ISLENDINGABÓK"
("BOOK OF ICELANDERS") THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW
HOW YOU ARE RELATED TO YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER
SO AS TO AVOID POTENTIAL INCEST
THE MAJORITY OF ICELANDERS BELIEVE IN ELVES.
ACTUALLY, IN 2013 A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
WAS CANCELED DUE TO "ELF ADVOCATES" PROTESTING
THE DESTRUCTION OF ELF TERRITORY
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