Finland




	Finland in Wikipedia
	Finland on Geography Now
	Finland (Flag Friday) on Geography Now

	A Facts Finland celebrates Day of Failures every October 13th – started in 2010. Strange Sports: Wife Carrying World Championship, Mosquito Hunting, Mobile Phone Throwing, Rubber Boot Throwing, Air Guitar World Championship. Inventions: Internet Browser, Heart Rate Monitor, Linux OS, Ice Skates, Angry Birds, Molotov Cocktails and SMS. Finns drink 9.6 kgs of coffee per capita and have the highest consumption of milk– 1 quart per person every day. There are 187, 888 lakes and 179,584 islands in Finland. There are no payphones in Finland. There are 2.2 million saunas – 1 for every 2.5 people. Every year Finland increases in surface area by 7km because it is rebounding from weight of ice-age glaciers and rising out of the sea. The Saumi people have a unit of measurement: poronkusema– the distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate.
	Z Facts Most densely forested  country in the Europe. Government gives mother’s a maternity package. Teachers spend only 4 hours a day in the class room and must have a master’s degree. Children don’t go to school till they are 7.  Speed fines are proportional to income. Least corrupt government in the world. You must keep the car headlights on even during the day. 5000 year old piece of chewing gum. Most sparsely populated country in the EU. Earlier, Scandinavians used squirrel pelts as currency and the modern Finnish word Raha translates as animal pelts. They have a children’s heavy metal band – Heviasaurus. They award PhD graduates a hat and a sword.
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