Twenty interesting facts about Bulgaria! The most complete exchange of experience! Get to know real Bulgaria

Twenty interesting facts about Bulgaria! The most complete exchange of experience! Get to know real Bulgaria

These facts about Bulgaria will show you their scientific, historical, practical, geographical and other interesting information. If you decide to travel to Bulgaria, here are 20 interesting facts about Bulgaria.

1. Bulgariais only country in Europe that has not changed its name since its founding. This happened in 681 AD.

2. The oldest gold treasure in world was found in Bulgaria (more than 3,000 gold items over 6,000 years old were found in 294 graves).

3. Bulgarians shake their heads for yes and nod for no.

4. The Bulgarian folk song "Izlel e Delyu Khaydutin" by Bulgarian singer Valya Balkanskaya, sent into deep space by American space probe Voyager 1, is part of best cultural artifacts of our civilization - Providing information about extraterrestrial intelligence.

5. Lactobacillus bulgaricus, bacteria that gives Bulgarian yogurt its unique taste and texture, can only be found in Bulgarian air.

6. The Bulgarian armynever lost a single banner in battle.

7. John Vincent Atanasoff was a Bulgarian-born physicist and inventor, best known as inventor of first electronic digital computer.

8. Almost a third of Bulgaria is covered with forests.

9. Roses grown in "Valley of Roses" in Bulgaria produce most of world's rose oil (70-85%) and are also one of most fragrant plants.

10. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is oldest Slavic Orthodox Church.

11. After accession of Bulgaria to European Union on January 1, 2007, Cyrillic became third official alphabet of European Union.

12. The first aerial bomb in military history was developed by Bulgarian Air Force during First Balkan War and used by a lieutenant on October 16, 1912. Radul Milkov and lieutenant. Sold Tarakchiev.

13. The lyre cross is a wooden cross with 140 microscopic scenes from Bible with over 1500 symbols. The largestof which is no larger than a grain of rice.

14. Stefka Kostadinova won high jump championship at World Championships in Rome with a breathtaking height of 2.09 meters. In 28 years since then, no other woman has surpassed this record.

15. Yordanka Donkova holds another world record in 100m hurdles. Time 12.21 minutes. The record has not been broken for 27 years.

16. Bulgarian actor Zakhary Bacharov plays tribal leader Loboda in fifth season of hit HBO series Game of Thrones.

17. In 1976, UNESCO declared ancient Bulgarian calendar most accurate calendar in world.

18. Rayna Kasabova is a pilot in Bulgarian Air Force and first woman in world to perform a military flight.

19. Vanga is a famous soothsayer in Bulgaria. Many believe that many of her predictions are correct.

20. Cyrillic was developed in First Bulgarian Empire in 9th century AD by students of Greek brothers Cyril and Methodius at Preslav Academy of Literature. Saint Clement of Ohrid is often associated with creation of Cyrillic alphabet.