http://www.factsbot.com/ FACTS bot » Tags » austria Gregarius 0.5.4 en http://interesting-facts.fun-with-english.co.uk/2008/10/interesting-place-74-vienna.html Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:01:00 -0400 http://interesting-facts.fun-with-english.co.uk/2008/10/interesting-place-74-vienna.html
(In a further break with "tradition" they have accepted a non-Austrian, 17- year-old British girl Sojourner Morell. In exchange for her training she will commit herself to working for the school for at least 10 years! I thought indentured labour was illegal!) ]]> http://interesting-facts.fun-with-english.co.uk/2008/04/interesting-fact-777-domestic.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:27:00 -0400 http://interesting-facts.fun-with-english.co.uk/2008/04/interesting-fact-777-domestic.html

Austria has the highest number of old domestic appliances still in use in the EU.

(Their solution? Well seemingly the Austrian government are sending out a census to every household where people can write in the appliances and then an expert will calculate how much energy (and money) they could save if they bought a new one. I have to say it's a good idea because the English club bought a new fridge a year ago and the electricity bill was halved.) ]]>