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The Icelandic police do not carry guns. One man has been shot by the police, ever.

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There are strict laws on what names are allowed in Iceland, the point is to preserve Icelandic language. All names not previously accepted must go before the Icelandic Naming Committee, which either allows them if they abide to the laws on Icelandic names, or rejects them, forcing parents to find another name for their child.

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There are no mosquitoes in Iceland. There are in fact very few insects that can do much more to bother a person than simply existing.

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Icelandic babies are left outside to nap in freezing temperatures. It is not uncommon to see a baby taking a nap outside of a home no matter what season.

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The Icelandic language remains unchanged from Ancient Norse. That means 1,000-year-old texts are still easily read.

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Icelandic is spoken by around 330,000 people, primarily in the Nordic island nation of Iceland, where it is the only official language. An offshoot of Old Norse, Icelandic has been a literary language since at least the 12th century CE, when the earliest known texts were written.

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There are more than 125 volcanic mountains in Iceland, a handful of which are still active, another handful that could become active at anytime as the country changes and grows. Iceland experiences a volcanic eruption roughly once every 4 years, though the past few years have seen one or more each year.

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Pingvellir National Park is one of only two places in the ENTIRE WORLD where you can see two of the earth's tectonic plates meeting above the earth's surface.

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Iceland is home of the first Parliament grounds in Europe. In the year 930 AD, the first Parliament met in what is today Pingvellir National Park.

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Iceland was settled by Vikings from Norway sometime in 800s. This makes Iceland fairly "young" country when it comes to settlement. The horses in Iceland are actually direct descendants of the horses the vikings first brought.