Fun facts about Greece

1. For those aged over 18, voting is mandatory in Greece.
2. Greece contributes to around 7% of total marble produced all over the world.
3. Greece is the world's 3rd leading producer of Olives.
4. Almost 80% of Greece is covered with mountains and this is the reason it has zero navigable rivers.
5. 98% of total population of Greece is ethnic Greeks.
6. Greek is spoken by around 12 million people all over the world.
7. The Greek language has contributed to thousands of English words such as (academy, apology, marathon, alphabet and typhoon).
8. More than 40% of the total population of Greece is residing in its capital Athens.
9. Greece has around 170 populated islands out of the total of more than 2000.
10. The average life of ancient Greek is 82 for a female and 77 for a male.
11. The leading producer of Sea Sponges all over the world is Greece.
12. Greece has a large number of archaeological museums as compared to all the countries.
13. The national sport of Greece is european football.
14. There are no Retirement homes in Greece as the Grandparents here usually live with their children.
15. There is an ancient belief in Greece that turquoise blue (color) keeps evil away.
16. Almost 100,000 birds from Asia and northern Europe spend their winters in Greece's wetlands.
17. The most popular tourist spot in Greece is the city of Rhode.
18. A Greek cook named COROEBUS became the first Olympic champion in 776 B.C.
19. The first municipal dump in the western world was organized by Greece around 500 B.C.
20. Greek is one of the oldest languages of Europe which was spoken from more than 3000 years ago.
21. There are more than 250 days of sunshine in a year in Greece.
22. Greeks always wave with their palm closed as they consider it an insult to show the palm with fingers extended.
23. The coastline of Greece is 10th longest in the world extending up to 9000 miles.
24. 33 Kg of bronze armor was exactly what a soldier used to wear in ancient Greece.
25. Feasts were meant for only men in the ancient Greek and women were there for entertainment.