In the city of Reykjavik you can see the stars 18 hours a day during winter.
	during the summer sunlight is visible 24 hours a day.
	Late in the 10th century Icelanders colonized Greenland.
	Early in the 11th century, according to one tradition Leif Ericson, the Icelandic explorer, reached the mainland of North America (Vinland), although attempts at settlement there were frustrated.
	Iceland's president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the world's first popularly elected female head of state, was first elected in the 1980s. She began her fourth term of office in.
	Iceland has more than 100 volcanoes.
	Most of Icelands energy is produced by Hydroelectric.
	All of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland is heated by underground hot springs.
	One fifth of the earths lava flow occurs in Iceland
	Almost 40% of Iceland's energy is geothermal
	Bjor is Icelandic for Beer!
	Icelandic phone books contain peoples occupations as well as their name, this is because so many people have the same name.
	Icelanders consume more Coca Cola per Capita than any other Nation