Welcome back to Fun Fact Tuesday at Statesman Ties. This week we’re talking about Germany, the country that inspired our Germany tie. Fun Fact 1: Germany is a land of inventors. Germans invented the light bulb, calculator, car, insulin, clarinet, pocket watch, television, paraffin, gasoline and diesel engines, motorcycle, jet engine, LCD screens, and even [...]
We’re back this week at Statesman Ties to talk about the cultural heavyweight, France, the county that inspired our France tie. Fun Fact 1: The shortest reigning king in history was Louis XIX, who ruled France for a mere 20 minutes before he abdicated himself in favor of his nephew, the Duke of Bordeaux. Good [...]
This week at Statesman Ties we’re talking about Finland, the land of saunas. This is the county that inspired our Finland tie. Fun Fact 1: October 13th is Finland’s annual Day of For Failure. Finland takes a pretty optimistic view of failure, citing that it takes failure to finally become successful. Either way, we think [...]
This week here on Fun Fact Tuesday at Statesman Ties we’re going to be talking about The Democratic Republic of Congo, which is the country that inspired our Congo tie. Fun Fact 1: Congo is an incredibly diverse nation with over 200 ethnic groups represented and nearly 250 languages spoken within its borders. Kinshasa, the [...]
We’re here with another round of Tuesday Fun Facts at Statesman Ties – this time on the Dominica Republic, the country that was the inspiration for our Dominican Republic tie. Let’s dive in. Fun Fact 1: Dominica only has a population of about 72,665 people and Roseau (pictured below), the capital, is the largest city [...]
It’s Fun Fact Tuesday again at Statesman Ties. This week we’re covering Dominica, the country that inspired our Dominica tie. Fun Fact 1: Dominica only has a population of about 72,665 people and Roseau (pictured below), the capital, is the largest city with a population of 16,500. Most of the island is actually covered in [...]
This week here on Fun Fact Tuesday at Statesman Ties we’re going to be talking about Denmark, the inspiration for our Denmark tie. Fun Fact 1: Denmark is reported to be the happiest country in the world (but that just might be because Danes consume more coffee per capita than any other nation in the [...]
This week at Statesman Ties we’re discussing Colombia! This county inspired our Colombia tie. Let’s get started. Fun Fact 1: Colombia is one of only 17 “megadiverse” countries in the world, second only to Brazil, which is more than ten times its size. It has the most species by area in the world including butterflies [...]
It’s Fun Fact Tuesday again on Statesman Ties and this week we’re discussing the country that invented ice cream, China! This is the country that inspired our China tie. Fun Fact 1: Despite common belief, the Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space with the naked eye, but it is an engineering marvel [...]
On this week’s edition of Fun Fact Tuesday by Statesman Ties, we’re discussing Chile. This is the country that inspired our Chile tie. Fun Fact 1: Chile is home to the world’s largest swimming pool – a gargantuan 3,324-foot long man-made saltwater lagoon at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile. Construction was [...]