| If you are not from, have no relative in, nor have yet | | | | - Jamaica was the first commercial producer of |
| visited Jamaica, I would at least assume you have | | | | bananas in the Western Hemisphere. |
| heard of Jamaica, right?. | | | | - Jamaica also was the first island in the Caribbean to |
| Whether it is from the internet, television, your work or | | | | produce rum on a commercial basis. |
| in some movie? Is my assumption correct? | | | | - The Manchester Golf Club in Jamaica, established in |
| But even if you are familiar with Jamaica, I can | | | | 1868, is the oldest in the western hemisphere!. |
| probably bet you (and win) you never knew half of | | | | - Apart from the United States, Jamaica has won the |
| these interesting facts on Jamaica. | | | | most world and olympic medals. |
| I myself was even surprised at some of these findings. | | | | - Jamaica has more multiple (two or more) live births |
| Here you go! | | | | than anywhere else in the world. |
| - Jamaica was the first country in the Western world | | | | - Jamaica was the first country to impose economic |
| to construct a railway, even before the United States! | | | | sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa. |
| This was only 18 years after Britain! | | | | - Jamaica was the first tropical country to enter the |
| - Jamaica is the first Caribbean Country to gain | | | | IOC Winter Olympics. The bobsleigh team's efforts |
| Independence. | | | | inspired the film 'Cool Runnings'. |
| - Jamaica is the first team from the English-speaking | | | | - Jamaica was the first colony England acquired by |
| Caribbean to qualify for the Football (Soccer) World | | | | conquest. This was in the year 1655 when the |
| Cup. This was the 1998 championship. | | | | - We have the second largest butterfly in the world? |
| - Jamaica stands strong in 3rd place on the list of | | | | (The Giant Swallowtail). |
| countries to win the Miss World titles the most! | | | | - Another of the interesting facts on Jamaica is that it |
| [Hmmm!] The only countries to have won it more than | | | | was the first British colonial territory to establish a |
| Jamaica is India, Venezuela and the UK, but considering | | | | postal service (in 1688). |
| the size of Jamaica, you have to say that this | | | | - And if you know none of the above, (which is fine) I |
| achievement is monumental! | | | | expect you at least know that Jamaica is the birth |
| - On his second voyage to the New World in 1494, the | | | | place of Robert ("Bob") Marley [smile] |
| tip of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica was the first land | | | | Now my friend, get out and share you new found |
| sighted by Christopher Columbus. | | | | knowledge of Jamaica. |