Ten fun facts you probably didn't know about the Czech Republic.
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Fact #1 Sigmund Freud was born and raised in the
Czech lands.
No, he's Austrian, you say!
Why yes, he did grow up in the Austrian Hungarian Kingdom.
However, the Czech lands were part of that Kingdom and the
town I was born and raised in is known as she Příbor, Czech Republic
Fact #2 Oscar Schindler, also born
and raised in the Czech Lands.
What?
He's definitely German.
Yes.
Although he was born to German parents, they were living
in and raised him in a town called Svitavy Czech Republic.
Fact number three Czech Republic is the home to 14 UNESCO
World Heritage sites.
Those sites, including Kroměříž.
Kroměříž
Okay, I can't do "Ř".
Sorry.
One of my favorite Český Krumlov,
Prague, Telč,
The Jewish Quarter
& St. Procopius Basilica.
in Třebíč...Třebíč....Třebíč...Třebíč
Kunta Hora, that awesome
Bone Church.
I don't know if you've ever been there, but it's awesome.
Letnice vineyards and much more.
Fact #4 Czech Republic is the castle capital of
the world, with over 2000 castles and Chateau, including
the Prague Castle, one of my favorite Český Krumlov, and
my very favorite, the one I was married in with the love
of my life in 2003.
Chateau Hluboka.
Fun fact #5 Czech Republic has the highest standard of living
in all of postcommunist countries with the lowest unemployment
rate in the EU.
Fact #6 Disclaimer Almost every Czech probably knows
the fact.
Czech Republic is the number one beer drinking nation in
the world.
In fact, the very first pale logger came from Czech Republic,
a brewery in the town of Pilzen, Czech Republic called
Pilsner Urquell.
Fun fact #7 Contact lenses were invented
in the Czech Republic.
Yes, that's true by a man named Otto Wichterle
or [Wi-ker-le], [Wi-ker-le] or [Witchterle], I don't know.
He was from Prostějov, Prostějov Czech Republic.
Fun fact #8 The sugar Cube was invented
in Czech Republic in a little town called Dačice.
A man named Jakub Krzštof Rad was running the sugar
factory and his wife cut her finger while chopping sugar
from this huge block that the factory produced.
And she said, Why, why must I cut my finger every time I
want sugar in my tea?
Say, why can't you just make a tiny cube that I can drop into
my tea?
Filled with compassion for his beautiful wife and acknowledging
her brilliance of inventing a small cube, he went straight
to the factory and produced the tiny sugar cube we all know
and love today.
Okay, maybe I embellished a little bit on the story.
Maybe she wasn't that dramatic, but the rest of it's true.
Fun fact #9, well not actually fun.
It's kind of a sad fact, but Czech Republic is one of the
least religious countries in the world, with 72% people claiming
to be atheist or agnostic Disclaimer said, according to Pew
Research Survey 2015.
Last but not least, fun fact #10.
Another Disclaimer.
Almost all Czechs
know this one as well.
The word "robot" was coined by a Czech author
Carl Čapek coined term robot in his book called URL. [actutally called R.U.R.]
He actually gives credit to his brother, Josef Čapek, who actually
told him to put this term into his book?
Well, there you have it.
Ten fun facts about Czech Republic that you probably didn't
know. Tell me in the comments below.
Which ones did you know which ones were shocking to you.
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