Interesting facts about Czech Republic

Here are some interesting and fun facts I learnt on our trip to Prague:

• Czech Republic has the largest number of castles in the world (2000). It is also called the “Castle Capital” of the world!
• The Czechs drink more beer than anyone else in the world, on an average, 160 litres per person per year!
• It is one of the least religious countries in the world, with almost 80 percent being athiests.
• Czech Republic has the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union.
• Charles University, founded in 1348, is one the oldest universities in the Czech Republic and one of the oldest universities in Europe.
• The first stone of the Charles Bridge in Prague was set on the 9th July 1357 at 5:31 am by King Charles IV himself. The King believed in numerology. He picked this exact time because it is a palindrome when written out: 1-3-5-7-9-7-5-3-1 (year, day, month, then time).
• The first music to be played on moon was Czech! Neil Armstrong played Czech composer Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony on the moon.
• Czech Republic is the greatest toy exporter in Europe.
• Czech doctor Jan Jansky was the first to divide blood into four blood groups in 1907.
• The Town Hall Clock in Prague’s Jewish Quarter is a backward Hebrew clock, and is the only backward clock in the world.