QUIRKY DATA ABOUT ITALY

GALILEO'S FINGERS ARE ON DISPLAY

AT A MUSEUM IN FLORENCE

"FERRARI" AS A LAST NAME IS BASICALLY

THE ITALIAN EQUIVALENT OF "SMITH"

IT IS ILLEGAL TO DIE IN FALCIANO DEL MASSICO

BECAUSE THE TOWN'S CEMETERY IS FULL

THE VATICAN CITY, ANOTHER COUNTRY CONTAINED

ENTIRELY WITHIN ITALY, IS THE ONLY NATION

THAT CAN LOCK ITS GATES AT NIGHT

WITH 150,000 STUDENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF

ROME IS EUROPE'S LARGEST UNIVERSITY

SINGLE CHILDREN TYPICALLY LIVE AT HOME

EVEN UNTIL THEIR 30’S

ITALY HAS THREE ACTIVE VOLCANOES:

VESUVIUS, ETNA, AND STROMBOLI

ITALY INTRODUCED EUROPE TO ICE CREAM

VIA THE CHINESE