Here are some very interesting facts that you may not know about the land we love....taken from Seveen's FB page (giving credit)
Here are some FACTS you may not know about One Love country:
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The current spotlight is Jamaica, land of Garvey, Marley, Bolt, Shelley-Ann Fraser and Yendi Phillips!
Jamaica is the third largest island in the Caribbean.
Had electricity before the United States
Had running water before the United States
Had phone cards before the United States
Jamaica's phone system was so sophisticated it was copied by AT&T.
Has the most "churches" per square mile of any country in the world, states The Guinness Book of World Records = 1,600+ "churches" all over Jamaica, and ever increasing.
The first country in the Western world to construct a railway, even before the United States, only 18 years after Britain!
The first team from the English-speaking Caribbean to qualify for the Soccer World Cup at the 1998 championship.
Jamaica stands strong in 4th place on the list of countries to win the Miss World
titles the most! The only countries to have won it more than Jamaica are India, Venezuela and the UK.
Yendi Phillips is the first Jamaican to place so high as First Runner Up in the Miss Universe (2010) Pageant.
On his second voyage to the New World in 1494, the tip of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica was the first land sighted by Christopher Columbus.
The first commercial producer of bananas in the Western Hemisphere.
The first island in the Caribbean to produce rum on a commercial basis.
The Manchester Golf Club in Jamaica, established in 1868, is the oldest in the western hemisphere.
Apart from the United States, Jamaica has won the most world and Olympic medals.
2006-2007: World Fastest man and woman are Jamaicans:Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson.
2008/2009 - Olympic/World fastest man and woman - Usain Bolt and Shelley-Ann Fraser.
Jamaica has more multiple (two or more) live births than anywhere else in the world.
The first country to impose economic sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.
The first Caribbean island to enact legislation, "The Motion Picture Industry (Encouragement) Act" to promote the making of films.
The first country to sign a Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant agreement.
The first tropical country to enter the IOC Winter Olympics, where the bob sleigh team's efforts inspired the film ‘Cool Runningsâ€.
Jamaica was the first colony England acquired by conquest: in 1655, driving the Spanish from the island.
Jamaica has the second largest butterfly in the world, the Giant Swallowtail.
The first British colonial territory to establish a postal service in 1688.
Jamaica was the first CARICOM country to open up the telecommunications sector to competition.
The first country in the Caribbean region to launch a web site in 1994!
Jamaica is the birthplace of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
Jamaica is the birth place of Robert "Bob" Marley.
The Jamaican Flag is the ONLY flag in the world that does not share any of the colors of the British or American flag! Do You Really Know: JAMAICA?See more
