Portal:Lithuania/Did you know

Did you know that...

...Lithuania is in the geographical center of Europe? According to a study made by French scientist in 1989, the geographical center of Europe lies just 26 kilometres North to Vilnius, the capital...
...Lithuanians were the last nation in Europe to convert to Christianity...
...national food Cepelinai is named so after the Zeppelins...
...Grand Duchy of Lithuania once stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea...
...Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the only pagan country which controlled vast lands inhabited by Christians (Eastern Orthodoxs)...
...the only public sculpture for Frank Zappa was in Vilnius, the capital, till in 2002 a bronze bust was installed in a square in Bad Doberan, Germany...
...the first president in Europe removed from his post by impeachment was Rolandas Paksas...
...the evil Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs was born in Lithuania?