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Fun Swiss Facts

* Did you know that Switzerland legalized use of marijuana in 2002? (But sales are not legal).

* The Swiss Guard have been famously fierce mercenaries from the 15th to 19th centuries, but now only 100 are left, serving just the Pope & Vatican City.

* Switzerland stayed neutral in both world wars, yet today every fit man serves in the army and stays in the reserves, and every household contains a bomb shelter and gun!.

* In 2002, Switzerland finally joined the United Nations. More recently, the Swiss almost voted away their military.

* Swiss commas are decimal points, and vice versa: €1,50 is one and a half euros, and an American mile contains 5.280 feet. Also, when counting on your fingers, #1 is your thumb!.

* Switzerland has 3 official languages: German=64%, French=20%, and Italian=7%. A fourth language, Romansh (or Romansch), is spoken by only 0.5%. Other languages include: Serbo-Croatian=1.5%, Albanian=1.3%, Portuguese=1.2%, Spanish=1.1%, and English=1% (2000 census).

* An American’s “second floor” of a building is the first floor in Europe.