Odd factoids

[ClichéGuevara]

Kim II Sung was an improvement on the original Kim Sung version, but rather than keep numbering them, the latest version changed from Kim Sung to Sam Sung. Some still feel it was a fake, as rather than believing Kim Sung, many thought he was just miming to a backing tape.

 

[classic33]

In the 1990's all North Korean teachers were obliged to learn to play the accordian, "The Peoples Instrument".

 

[Drago]

North Korea, is actually in Cumbria.

 

[classic33]

One of the more bizarre traditions still taking place today is Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling, which dates to the Viking era. Also known as Cumbrian Wrestling, many events take place throughout the year.

 

[Seevio]

Duck Billed Platypus eggs cannot be hard boiled as the soft shell splits before you can get a decent hard boiled egg.

 

[Threevok]

In Sweden, it is illegal to name your children with names that have less than two characters

 

[classic33]

Sweden passed a law in 1982, to prevent non-noble families from bestowing their children with noble names.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Donald Duck and Minnie Mouse are the most common middle names in Sweden.

 

[MiK1138]

Very convenient evidence. How kind of the perpetrators.

Just read a report on this event, apparently there was evidence of Cake and Champagne being consumed prior to the bombing

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Swedish wrestling involves trying to get a Duck Billed Platypus egg off your opponent in the confines of a sauna.

 

[bruce1530]

In the 1990's all North Korean teachers were obliged to learn to play the accordian, "The Peoples Instrument".

.... yet they have never produced a world Accordion champion

 

[classic33]

.... yet they have never produced a world Accordion champion

With tunes like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" being amongst the popular tunes, albeit with different wording, is it any surprise?

 

[Drago]

In Scotland, teachers must learn bagpipes. In this, and every other detail, Scotland and North Korea are disturbingly similar.

 

[bruce1530]

Only female teachers get to learn bagpipes in Scotland. Male teachers have the choice of Accordion or Oompah.

 

[bruce1530]

In this, and every other detail, Scotland and North Korea are disturbingly similar.

Only because the Leader of North Korea and the Leader of the Scottish Conservatives share the same hairdresser.