Interesting Facts about Slovakia

Interesting Facts about Slovakia:

• Eugen Andrew Cernan, Apollo 17 captain, and the second American who walked on the Moon, was of the Slovak origin.

• Among Slovakia’s reknowned native sons are: Jozef Murgas, inventor of radiotelegraphy; stefan Banic, constructed the first parachute based on the principle of the umbrella; Maximilián Hell (1720 – 1792), a mathematician and astronomer, was the first to measure the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

• The hill known as Krahule near the town Kremnica, Slovakia, is the geographical center of Europe.

• In 2007, the Slovakian automotive industry will produce 950,000-1,000,000 cars per year, giving the country the highest per capita car production in the world.