The United States will take on Belgium today for some serious World Cup action. Since Americans are still learning how to be soccer fans, it only makes sense to learn a bit about Belgium. Let’s face it, you’ll never probably be more interested in this country anyway. Here are some fun facts.
- Actress Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels
- Brussels Airport is the world’s biggest selling point of chocolate
- Belgian mathematician Lambert Adolphe Quetelet invented the
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Jean-Claude Van Damme, “The Muscles From Brussels”
- The Belgian Adolphe Sax invented the Saxophone
- French Fries are actually from Belgium
- Marvin Gaye wrote Sexual Healing in Ostend, Belgium
- The Smurfs are from Belgium
- Belgians pay some of the highest tax rates in the world, around 40% of their gross earnings. Taxation represents 45.6 % of the country’s GDP
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