From Switzerland to Italy
HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ITALY, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS HISTORY:
Rome is further North than New York City. New York City is about the same latitude as Naples Italy.
In Rome and Naples, it only snows briefly once every several years, while in New York snow is very frequent in the Winter.
The Pizza Margherita was invented in Naples in 1889 to honour Italy's Queen Margherita of Savoy that was visiting the city.
Pizza is one of the very few words which is understood all over the world.
Italy is slightly larger than Arizona.
More than 20% of Italy's population is over 65 years old - it's the highest percentage in Europe.
Italy borders with Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
Its longest border is with Switzerland.
The Italian woman has in average 1.27 children. Women in Italy have 1.34 children, if included foreign women.
Everybody 18 and over can vote, however you have to be at least 25 to vote for the Senate's elections.
The Italian flag is inspired by the French, which was introduced during Napoleon's 1797 invasion of the peninsula.
The average Italian makes $26,700 a year, however those in the more prosperous north make almost $40,000.
The thermometer is an Italian invention.
Italy's unemployment rate is around 12.4%, but it is as high as 21.7% in the more impoverished south. The youth unemployment rate is even worse: 46% for those between 15 and 24 years old (data 2015).
Italian farms produce grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, wheat and olives. They rear cows and produce meat and dairy.
The name of Electricity measurement Volt comes from Alessandro Volta, who invented the first battery in 1779.
The average life expectancy at birth for an Italian is 79.8 years for men, 84.6 for women.
The famous children's story, Pinocchio, was written by an Italian.
The city of Naples gave birth to pizza.
The piano hails from Italy.
The longest river in Italy is the Po.
The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day.
Italy's contributions to science include the barometer, the electric battery, nitroglycerin, and wireless telegraphy.
Famous Italian explorers include Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, John Cabot, and Amerigo Vespucci.
Today's modern Italian originated in the region of Tuscany.
Enrico Fermi, inventor of the nuclear reactor, was an Italian.
The automobile is one of Italy's greatest products. In addition to the Fiat brand, Fiat owns the Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Chrysler brands.
Even though the number of tourists increased between 2010 and 2013, Italy's dropped from 4th to the 5th position in the ranking of the most visited countries in the world.
The Italian peninsula is home to two micro states, San Marino and Vatican City .
Besides Julius Caesar, Shakespeare also set in Italy ( entirely or partially): Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello,The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Winter's Tale.
The Eau de Cologne was invented by an Italian that emigrated to Koln (Cologna), in Germany.