- Ethiopia is the only African country that was never colonized
- On August 12, 2012, Ethiopia became the first country in Africa, and the second in the world, to own and operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which was named “Africa One”
- The Ethiopian Calendar has 13 months and the New Year starts on September 11th (or 12th if leap year)
- Ethiopia has its very own alphabet system – the ancient Ge’ez script, also known as Ethiopic, and it is one of the oldest alphabets still in use in the world
- 70% of the mountains in Africa are in Ethiopia
- In Ethiopia time is counted according to daylight hours, thus six o’clock is said to be 12 o’clock, and 16:00 hours is 10 o’clock
- Originally discovered there, Ethiopia is now the world’s 5th largest producer of coffee”
