English Monarchy

Fact- The English Monarchy is the oldest functioning political institution in Europe

North Korea

Fact- One of the first western made movies shown in North Korea was "Bend it Like Beckham". It was arranged by the British Embassy and was heavily edited.

Yum?

Fact- Kit Kat Bar flavors in Japan include wine, sweet potato, wasabi and soy sauce

First Archives

fact- the Spanish were the first nation-state to create a national archives.

Oops!

Fact- in the 1908 Olympic Games, the Russian team showed up late, missing their events in several sports. This is because they were still using the Julian calendar, one of the last countries to change to the Georgian calendar. The Russians were 12 days behind the rest of the world.

Luxury...sort of

Fact- Finnish prisons have saunas for the prisoners

Technology

Fact- North Korea has its own twitter account and a youtube channel. Now, if I only understood Korean, I could be influenced by their propaganda