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1. Although the exact number is disputed, Belgium makes over 800 different beers. Belgians drink an average of 150 litres of beer per year per person.
2. Most beers have their own glass in which only that beer may be served.
3. Belgium produces 220,000 tons of chocolate per year. That’s about 22kg of chocolate per person in Belgium.
4. Belgium has been producing chocolate for almost 400 years
5. Belgium has one of the lowest proportions of McDonald’s in the developed world. It has 7 times fewer McDonald’s restaurants than the USA and 2 times less than France.
6. The saxophone was invented in Belgium, in the early 1840′s by Adolphe Sax (1814-1894), in the city of Dinant
7. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was developed by the Belgian Adolphe Quetelet, and is still used today to determine a person’s ideal weight.
8. In the 15th century, Belgians were credited with inventing oil painting.
9. Belgium has legalised euthanasia in 2002, and gay marriage in 2003
10. The Belgian motorway system is the only man-made structure visible from the moon (at night, due to the lights all along the motorway network).
11. Europe's tallest man is Belgian (Alain Delaunois, 2m30)
12. There are several famous carnivals in Belgium, including Binche, Aalst, Fosse-la-Ville and Malmedy.
13. Belgium is the 5th smallest country in the EU (even smaller than Estonia!)
14. Belgium had no official goverment for close to 2 years now.
15. It is the world's largest diamond trading centre.
16. Belgians should be given credit for their "French Fries". It wasn't France who came up with fries at the first place. Foreign soldiers in Belgium saw French speaking people eating/serving fries and that's where the "French Fries" name came from. Oh, one more thing, in Belgium fries are eaten with mayonnaise, not ketchup, which actually tastes wayyy better.
17. There are more castles per square kilometre in Belgium than in any other country.