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...that in 1995 an avalanche destroyed 29 homes and killed 20 people in the town of Flateyri?
...that Johánnes Gunnarsson's father was Iceland's only native Catholic for twenty years?
...that the first bar mitzvah by Icelandic Jews took place in 1941 on the Shabbat of Passover?

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...that the Althing, founded in Þingvellir in the year 930, is the oldest parliament in Europe?
...that Reykjavík is the northernmost capital city in the world?
...that the Vatnajökull glacier covers more than 8% of Iceland?
...that in 1995 an avalanche destroyed 29 homes and killed 20 people in the town of Flateyri?
...that the Dettifoss waterfall is the most powerful waterfall in Europe?
...that Sveinn Einarsson was the stage director of more than 70 productions, operas, classics and modern plays?
...that Icelandic tenor Garðar Thór Cortes was voted sexiest man in Iceland twice in one year in separate polls?
...that the first complete map of Iceland (pictured), based on Björn Gunnlaugsson's 1831–43 survey, is mentioned in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth?
...that after missing four Summer Olympics, Iceland has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympics since 1936?
...that Johánnes Gunnarsson's father was Iceland's only native Catholic for twenty years?
...that the team of KR Reykjavik wear four stars on their shirts, each representing 5 league titles?
...that in Bíódagar, Diddú played a mother in the 1950s of a young boy who is engrossed with American movies?
...that the first bar mitzvah by Icelandic Jews took place in 1941 on the Shabbat of Passover?
...that the most famous of Iceland's programmes is LazyTown and is broadcast in 103 countries worldwide?
...that the layout of Icelandic grasshouses included a main room, additional living space, pantry, lavatory, sauna room, and sleeping area?
...that the process virtual machine in Google's Android operating system was named the fishing village of Dalvík where the developer's ancestors lived?
...that the oldest swimming pools in Iceland was built in 1923?