Lin's Prague Journal

On 1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia formally separated into two independent countries, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

2019 marks 100 years since The Czech National Bank introduced its monetary unit, the koruna, in banknotes and coins.

There are 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic. (Canada has 19.)

According to research by the Japanese beverage company Kirin, the Czech Republic has topped the per capita beer drinking table for 23 consecutive years. In 2015, the most recent year for which statistics are available, the Czechs drank 142.4 litres per person. [http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-biggest-beer…].

In 1961, the first modern gel-based contact lenses were invented on a homemade apparatus using a Merkur child’s building set.

A Czech first classified human blood into four types (A, B, AB & O) in 1907.

Fingerprints were first recognized as a form of identification in 1823.

The sugar cube was invented in 1841.

And, they designed... shall we say, 'unusual looking' cars.Read more