Greece Facts

The word 'attic' comes from Attica, the region around Athens, Greece, where a distinctive architectural style featured decorative columns on upper facades.

The Greek National anthem has 158 verses!

In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.

According to ancient accounts, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus developed dropsy (fluid retention) and attempted to cure himself by covering his body in cow dung, hoping the warmth would draw out the water. He reportedly died from the treatment, though the exact cause remains unclear.

In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’

In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.

For centuries, the Gordian Knot defeated every scholar and king who tried to untie it. An oracle declared whoever solved it would rule all of Asia. Alexander the Great studied it for a moment — then drew his sword and cut straight through it.