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Denmark is officially known as the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. The Faroe Islands and Greenland are two autonomous constituent countries that are part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Danish is the official language of Denmark, while Faroese and Greenlandic German are recognized regional languages in Denmark. Copenhagen is Denmark's capital and largest city.  As of April 2018, Denmark's population stands at 5,785,864 people. The currency used in Denmark is the Dnish krone (DKK). Denmark's form of government is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Margrethe II is the Danish monarch and Lars Løkke Rasmussen, prime minister of Denmark. You'll most certainly enjoy these amazing facts about the land of the happy populists. 1. Punctuality is very important to the Danes. Having an appointment at 10:00 a.m. and showing up at 10:02 a.m. is considered rude in Denmark. 2. Denmark boasts 13 No...

With Drake, winning just never stops. Drake just hit another major milestone this year, shattering a 54-year-old record for the most Top 10 hits in a year, previously held by the legendary Beatles. Before this week, Drake was at parity with the Beatles, who scored 11 hits in the Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 songs chart in the year they arrived in the US (1964).  Drake has already scored 12 Top 10 hits in 2018, and the year isn't over yet. Drake's featured spot on Bad Bunny's “Mia” earned Drake his 12th top 10 hit on the Hot 100 songs chart, debuting at No. 5. His latest album, Scorpio, featured three No. 1 songs – “God's Plan”, “In My Feelings”, and “Nice For What”. Drake has now scored 32 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart throughout his career. Of these 32, three have charted at No. 1, three have seen him supporting a lead artist, and two have been scored with him been the lead artist, with another artist featuring. Drake's 12 Top 10 h...

Located in the North Atlantic, Iceland is a Nordic island country with a population of 348,580 people and an area of 103,000 square kilometers.  Reykjavík  is the capital of Iceland. It contains about 60% of Iceland's population. Iceland is geologically and volcanically active. The form of government in Iceland is a unitary parliamentary republic. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is the president of Iceland, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir is the prime minister. The currency used in Iceland is Icelandic króna  ( ISK ). The following facts are worth noting about Iceland: 1. The first openly lesbian head of government in the world was  Jóhanna Sigurŏardóttir -  an Icelander -   who was also Iceland's first female prime minister. 2. Iceland is the most environmentally-friendly country in the world in 2018. It boasts of an Environmental Performance index of 93.5. 85% of the energy used in Iceland comes from renewable energies. 3. In I...

Renowned for her cheese, canals, tulip fields, windmills, coffee shops and flat landscape, the Netherlands is a country located in Northwestern Europe. Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. The five largest cities of the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Eindhoven. Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands, with West Frisian, Papiamento and English being official regional languages. The October 2018 estimate of the Dutch population stands at 17,259,111. The country's form of government is the unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The Euro and the US dollar are the currencies used in the Netherlands. Willem-Alexander is the Netherlands' monarch, and Mark Rutte is the prime minister. Herewith a good number of impressive facts about this low-lying Dutchland country: 1. The Dutch consume the most licorice in the world. Dutch shops sell more than 80 varieties of licorice, with each person eating more th...