Planet Earth II (2016)
Finland is called The Land of a Thousand Lakes for a reason. The country has exactly 187,888 lakes, as well as 179,584 islands. Both are world records.
In 1917, Finland (or Suomi) was liberated from the Russian Republic and became an independent nation. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, which of these facts related to the Nordic country do you find the most interesting?
The strangest of them all may be The Wife Carrying World Championships, where male contestants compete in carrying a woman on their back through a 253 meter track of sand, grass, asphalt and a water obstacle, as fast as they can. Any style of carrying is allowed, and the winner gets the woman's weight in beer.
Well, "Pizza Berlusconi" was the cheeky name of the Finns' winning pizza, and the special ingredient: smoked reindeer. Their revenge was complete!