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Is it true that A Macedonian reporter for the daily Nova Makedonija who wrote stories about a serial killer was actually the serial killer himself? Is it true that a guided tour to Mariovo is offered and in order to attend, wearing Middle Age costumes is mandatory. Is it true that the legend behind the 120 lined up stone dolls in Kuklica is that they were guests at a wedding, but were turned into stone, cursed by a forsaken bride? Find the answers to these amazing facts and more here!
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Fact #1: A Macedonian reporter for the daily Nova Makedonija who wrote stories about a serial killer was actually the serial killer himself
FALSE
Fact #2: A guided tour to Mariovo is offered. To attend, wearing Middle Age costumes is mandatory.
TRUE
Fact #3: The legend behind the 120 lined up stone dolls in Kuklica is that they were guests at a wedding, but were turned into stone, cursed by a forsaken bride.
FALSE
Fact #4: Alexander the Great was colour-blind.
TRUE
Fact #5: In Macedonia, cents aren’t used. Everything is rounded up to the nearest Denar (the Macedonian currency)
TRUE
Fact #6: Macedonian toilet paper is scented
FALSE
Fact #7: Macedonian actress Labina Mitevska is Rachel Weisz’s cousin.
FALSE
Fact #8: In Macedonia, riding mares is against the law.
TRUE
Fact #9: Sidewalks are used for driving and parking . . . not for walking.
TRUE
Fact #10: It is not allowed to buy alcohol in shops after seven o’clock during the winter and nine during the summer.
FALSE
Fact #11: Macedonian revolutionary leader Gotse Delchev went to prison for reading the president’s mail.
TRUE
Fact #12: Macedonia has a total of 141 villages with exactly zero inhabitants