This post is dedicated to Finland for jumping on board to see what's going down on the 21st! In their honor, here are some things you might not have known about this northern European nation courtesy of Europedia:
1. Finnish athletes have won more Summer Olympic medals per capita than any other nation. As of 2012, Finland had won in total 302 Summer Olympic medals (incluidng 101 gold medals) for a population of only 5.4 million.
Hanna-Maria Seppälä
2. The current president of Finland, Tarja Halonen, is a woman, as are 12 of the 20 government ministers. We're just trying to get one.
3. Nokia Corporation (a Finnish company) was the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones from 1998 to 2012. Yes, don't remind us.
Now go take this knowledge and drop it on someone else!