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In 1988 the Bavarian Environment Minister asked people not to yodel in the mountains because it
was frightening the wildlife there.
There are more unclimbed mountains in the world than climbed ones.
12% of the world's population live in mountainous regions.
In parts of Britain small hills can be called "Marilyns" and high mountains "Munros".
Mount Fuji in Japan is not part of any mountain range.
Mount Fuji is the most climbed mountain in the world.
Before Toblerone used the Matterhorn on their packaging they featured an eagle.
Ireland
Saint Patrick was not actually from Ireland.
9% of the Irish population have red hair.
There is one pub for every 100 people in Dublin.
One of the most popular radio shows in rural Ireland is called "The Deaths" and is a list of local
people who have died that week.
The submarine was invented by an Irish man.
Ireland is the only country in the world whose national symbol is a musical instrument.
Guinness is more popular in Nigeria than in Ireland.
In summer 2007 it rained for 40 days in a row.
Hazelnuts once fell from the sky, like rain, over Dublin.
Playboy magazine was illegal in Ireland up until 1995.
Ireland ranks 4th in a list of the world's biggest consumers of beer.
Most non-Irish people living in Ireland come from Poland.
Barrack Obama had an Irish great great great grandfather.
Rock Music
Paul McCartney was paid 1 pound to perform at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
Elvis Presley never wrote a song.
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer, once bit the head off a bat on stage.
AC/DC have 22 songs with the word "rock" in the title.
The first album ever released on the internet was a Prince album in 1997.
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is a skilled ballet dancer.
There are some rock bands with animals as singers: The singer from Hatebeak is a parrot while the
band Caninus had two dogs as their singers.
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