During a previous Ice Age, the land that’s now the country of Switzerland was almost completely covered with glaciers. A important reason why its mountainous region became so unique.
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Fun Fact: Women’s Suffrage Slowness in Switzerland
While women’s suffrage took place for most of the Western World by the 1940’s, however Switzerland was very late to give women the right to vote in democratic elections. On a national level, Swiss women finally got suffrage in 1971.
Fun Fact: What The Swiss Did To the Violaters Of Their Airspace During WWII
While Switzerland stayed neutral during World War II, they did shoot down airplanes from both sides that violated their airspace.
Fun Fact: Swiss Guards
Switzerland had outlawed all foreign military service work in the 19th century, with the exception of the Swiss Guard that protects the Pope.
Fun Fact: Foot-Lambert
Named after the Swiss-German physicist Johann Heinrich Lambert, the foot-lambert is a unit measuring luminance of light. However, it is rarely used by electrical or lighting engineers.