WEIRD FACTS ABOUT
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AUSTRIA

The world's biggest liver dumpling was cooked in the Austrian village of Zams on 16 September 1996. It weighed 1.8 tonnes.

The first international tennis tournament for over-85s was held in Austria in 1998.

Austria has more accountants per head of population than any other country.


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