Portal:Slovenia/Did you know

Did you know 1

Portal:Slovenia/Did you know/1

• ... that the journalist Johann Georg Reißmüller, a co-publisher of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, is credited with playing an important part in Germany's recognition of Croatia and Slovenia?

• ... that South Korean businessman Chung Mong-won, an honorary consul of Slovenia, will be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2020?

Did you know 2

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• ... that A Summer in a Sea Shell was the first Slovenian coming-of-age film to have popular music and dancing?

• ... that Austrian ice hockey administrator Hans Dobida was inducted into the German and Slovenian hockey halls of fame?

Did you know 3

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• ... that former First Lady of Slovenia Barbara Miklič Türk met her husband and former Slovenian president Danilo Türk while working as a librarian at the United Nations?

• ... that the 1065-m long Črni Kal Viaduct on the A1 motorway is the longest viaduct in Slovenia?

Did you know 4

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• ...that the Slovenian folk instrument bird-scaring rattle is used to drive birds from vineyards?

• ...that anti-gay protests following the selection of the song Samo Ljubezen by drag-group Sestre in the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest led to criticism of Slovenia in the European Parliament?

Did you know 5

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• ... that cricket was introduced to Slovenia in 1974 by a 13-year-old boy who had visited his pen pal in England and brought back a single bat and a copy of the Laws?

• ...that the Celts and Illyrians introduced winemaking to Slovenia long before it was commonly practiced in France, Germany and Spain?