Random Country Facts! #8

1. 45% of the world's cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast.

2. The first ruler of Ivory Coast ruled until he was 88 years old, when he died.

3. In the 1960s, a group of people called the Sanwi People tried to get independence, but they failed. In 1992, they declared Michael Jackson to be their king. That's just how cool he was.

4. In Abidjan, the largest city in the country, there is a ''Crocodile House''.

1. In 2009, Greece banned high heels from their archaeological sites to prevent damaging the areas.

2. Women are banned on Mount Athos, a peninsula in Central Greece.

3. An average Greek consumes 26 kg of olive oil every year.

4. 16% of Greece's GDP comes from tourism.

1. Switzerland has so many bunkers, the entire population of the country can hide in them.

2. There is a staircase in Switzerland that has over 11,500 steps.

3. 1 in 4 Swiss people own a gun.

4. Switzerland is the world's most expensive country to live in.

5. Switzerland is 1 of 3 European countries (that isn't a microstate) that were neutral in both World Wars. (The others are Spain and Sweden)

6. Switzerland has been neutral since 1847. The only country that has been neutral for longer is Sweden, (if you exclude NATO) being neutral since 1814.