25 Kickass and Interesting Facts About New Zealand
Here are 25 Kickass and Interesting Facts About New Zealand.
1-5 Interesting Facts About New Zealand
New Zealand is part of a 93% submerged continent known as Zealandia. – Source
A dolphin named Pelorus Jack regularly guided ships in New Zealand through treacherous waters until his disappearance in 1912. – Source
It is illegal for drug companies to advertise to consumers almost everywhere in the world. The only exceptions are the US and New Zealand. – Source
During WWII, the Gestapo’s most wanted person was New Zealand born Allied agent Nancy Wake. Among her numerous exploits, she killed an SS soldier with her bare hands, to prevent him from raising the alarm during an undercover raid. – Source
New Zealand will deny people residency visas if they have too high of a BMI and there have been cases of people rejected because of their weight. – Source
6-10 Interesting Facts About New Zealand
The logo of the Royal New Zealand Air Force is the kiwi, a flightless bird. – Source
The beer drunk during the filming of the Hobbit was custom made by New Zealand brewers. It was a 1% dark stout called “Sobering Thought”. – Source
The filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy pumped roughly $200,000,000 into the New Zealand economy. – Source
In 1996, a man broke into a New Zealand radio station, held the manager hostage, and his demand was for the station to play “Rainbow Connection” by Kermit the frog nonstop – Source
3 dogs in New Zealand were taught to drive a modified car around a race track in an effort to show the intelligence of shelter dogs. – Source
11-15 Interesting Facts About New Zealand
On the 2001 New Zealand census, 53,715 people listed their religion as “Jedi.” – Source
In an attempt to attract publicity, Badminton New Zealand chose “Black Cocks” as a nickname for their national teams in 2004. – Source
Sign Language is one of three official languages of New Zealand. – Source
In New Zealand, as opposed to Australia, humans have pretty much no natural enemies – Source
There is a recurring hoax to ban the substance dihydrogen monoxide (or water). Among others, government representatives of New Zealand have expressed support for this ban on more than one occasion. – Source
16-20 Interesting Facts About New Zealand
In 1990, New Zealand became the first country in the modern world to appoint an Official Wizard – Source
New Zealand rugby player Wayne ‘buck’ Shelford took a cleat to the nuts during a rugby game, which ripped open his scrotum leaving his testicles hanging. He got them stitched up on the bench and continued the game. – Source
There is a law that states every high school in New Zealand may hold 1 pound of uranium and 1 pound of thorium, for conducting nuclear experiments, and will be fined $1,000,000 in case of a nuclear explosion.
There is a giant albino snail in New Zealand that is carnivorous. – Source
From 1867 to 1927, the New Zealand government planned ahead for shipwrecks by putting supply-filled huts on remote islands. – Source
21-25 Interesting Facts About New Zealand
There is a clock in New Zealand that has been running since 1864 despite never having been manually wound. – Source
There are no snakes in New Zealand – Source
Most children in New Zealand start school on their 5th birthday as opposed to the beginning of the school year – Source
New Zealand is listed as a state of Australia in the Australian constitution, and can join the Australian confederation if they choose to. – Source
New Zealand’s National Basketball team is nicknamed the “Tall Blacks” – Source
There are no snakes??? I did not know this. This is an interesting bunch of facts. I am not sure how I feel about the carnivorous giant snail :O