Interesting Facts about Croatia

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17 curious facts about Croatia.

• Two Croatian sailors, Ivan Malogrudic from Senj and Marino Masalarda from Dubrovnik, came to Canada with the expedition of Jacques Cartier in 1534.
• The bura is a cold, dry, northeast wind that blows across the central European plain into northwestern Croatia. The wind can be so strong as to overturn cars.
• Croatia's white-headed griffon vulture has a wingspan of 2.5 metrersand can live up to 60 years. The vulture feeds on carrion and can spot a carcass from a distance of six kilometers.
• Signed in 1214, the Statute of the Island of Korcula was the first such document in Europe to prohibit trading in slaves. Korcula is also the birthplace of Marco Polo, the renowned explorer.