Sunday, January 19, 2020

Combinations Post: Silly Saturday Facts Collection No. 27 + Wacky Border Sunday: Zavikon Bridge

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to this massive world we all call home! Today on our combination post, we'll be looking at our 27th collection of facts and our edition of Wacky Border Sunday! Let's dive straight into it!

     Silly Saturday Facts Collection:
  • The National Library of Sweden has a book from the 16th century that can be read in six different ways.
  • The Speyer wine bottle, found in Germany in 1867, is the world's oldest wine, dating back from 325 B.C.E. to 350 B.C.E.
  • The oldest known advertisement dates from around 3000 B.C.E. and was found in the ruins of Thebes. It was an ad for a slave named Shem.
     Wacky Border Sunday: 
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     Zavikon Bridge: The shortest international bridge in the world between Canada (left) and the United States. (right)

     Sources: https://historydaily.org/20-random-historical-facts

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