Go For GOLD: Day 13 (NOW CLOSED)
Thu, 2012-08-09 08:27
Today is Day 13 of our Olympic daily giveaways - every day until Sunday you can win a £10 Amazon voucher!
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The Venezuelan flag is essentially the one designed by Francisco de Miranda for his unsuccessful 1806 expedition to liberate Venezuela and later adopted by the National Congress of 1811. It consisted of three equal horizontal stripes of yellow, blue and red.
During the first half of the 19th century, seven stars were added to the flag to represent the seven signatories to the Venezuelan declaration of independence, being the provinces of Caracas, Cumaná, Barcelona, Barinas, Margarita, Mérida, and Trujillo.
After the Guayana campaign, Simón Bolívar added an eighth star to the national flag (the so-called Flag of Angostura) in representation of the newly freed province.
The flag of Venezuala was adopted as official flag on 20th April 1836
fact: in medieval England even animals were tried in royal courts and punished for damages they inflicted on people or their properties!
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is in no way the inspiration for the derogatory term "chav"
(Sorry, I forgot to log in & there might be an anonymous version of this post, it's still me)
The republic of Venezuela was formed in 1830 by secession from Columbia. The population was 3,851,000.
Today the population is 28,047,938 (July 2012 est.)
The capital of Venezuela is Caracas, and if you have ever driven there you would know why
Venezuela has a law which says registry authorities should not accept names that would expose children to ridicule.
Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), a capital district (distrito capital) corresponding to the city of Caracas, and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales, a special territory). Venezuela is further subdivided into 335 municipalities (municipios); these are subdivided into over one thousand parishes
In Venezuela fuel costs only $0.05 per litre!!!
In Venezuela, fuel costs around $0.02.
The world’s highest waterfall is also found in Venezuela - Angel Falls. They were named after American aviator Jimmy Angel after he landed his plane at the top of the falls in 1936, so the waterfall was named after him.
The popular series, "The Simpsons" is banned in Venezuela as it is inappropriate for children.
Venezuela has a total of 150 plants for sewage treatment. However still 13% of the population lack access to drinking water so if you're going for a visit take some water with you!!
The country contains 21,000 plant, 1346 bird, 353 mammal, 323 reptile and 288 frog species.Each year, roughly 287,600 hectares of forest are permanently destroyed, while other areas are degraded by logging, mining, and oil extraction. Between 1990 and 2005, Venezuela officially lost 8.3 percent of its forest cover, or around 4,313,000 hectares.
Using scrabble numbers, Venezuela scores 21 points and is the 27th highest scoring country.
"Vergatario" is Venezuelan slang for something which is really cool; something very well done; something excellent.
Hey dude, that car is vergatario!
Mom! this meal was vergataria!
This competition is vergatario
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. There were 10.4 million internet users here by March 2011 (Internetworldstats.com). Of these, more than 8 million have Facebook accounts and around 2.3 million are active on Twitter. That is a lot of social networking going on!
Venezuela is trying to ban people naming their children silly names
Thinking of naming your baby Hersony, Nohemar - or even Superman?
Such odd names might be turned down by the civil registry if Venezuela approves a bill barring parents from giving their children 'names that expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce,' or that raise doubts about whether a child is a girl or a boy.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/64558-venezuela-to-ban-stupid-names#ixzz235...
Their burgers are served with a thin hamburger patty, a slice of sandwich ham, cheese, a fried egg, and crumbled potato chips, smothered in mayonnaise and ketchup. Shredded cabbage, onions, and carrots are optional.