Trifles

I happened upon a website with interesting facts about almost every country and thought these facts were kinda interesting about Belgium.

• has compulsory voting and enforces it
• had the first printed newspaper in the world
• has the lowest proportion of McDonald's than any other developed nation
• legalized euthanasia in 2002 and gay marriage in 2003
• was the first country to issue electronic passports
• negotiates and distributes 90% of the world's raw diamonds
• is the capital of the European Union and home of NATO headquarters in Brussels
• has the highest income tax of any OECD country (OECD comprises 20 countries including all of Europe, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Mexico, . . .)
• has the only man-made structure (the motorway system) that can be seen from the moon at night

and more importantly . . .

• makes over 800 kinds of beer and
• makes and sells more chocolate (at Brussels International Airport) than anywhere in the world