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Education is compulsory in Belgium upto the age of 18, which makes it the highest in the world and also one of the rare countries to have such a law.
 
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The only man-made structure visible from the moon is the Belgian motorway system, which is visible as a small glittering spot due to the lights all along the motorway network.
 
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The world's main diamond centre and second largest petrochemical center is Belgium. Almost 90% of raw diamonds in the world are negotiated and distributed in Antwerp.
 
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Belgium has one of the lowest proportion of McDonald's restaurants per inhabitant in the developed world, with only 0.062 per 10,000 people, or 7x less than the USA, 4x less than Japan, and twice less than France or Germany.
 
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Belgium is one of the few countries worldwide with compulsory voting (and enforced).
 
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Tax levels in Belgium are among the highest in the world, with about 40% of gross earnings given up in tax for a single-income family.
 
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Belgium is the world's 3rd country with the most vehicles per square kilometres after the Netherlands and Japan. It has the highest density of roads and the highest density of railroads in the world.
 
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The world's largest ship lift is the counterweighted lift of Strepy-Thieu (73.15 m high) in the Belgian province of Hainaut
 
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The longest tramway line in the world is the Belgian coast tram (68 km), which opened in 1885 and operates between De Panne and Knokke-Heist, from the French border to the Dutch border.
 
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Europe's first casino, "la Redoute", opened in 1763 in Spa
 
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The Association of European Airports reported that Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) was the most punctual of the 27 largest European airports in 2006.
 
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The Royal Palace of Brussels, built in a similar neoclassical style as Buckingham Palace, has a façade 50% longer than its British equivalent.
 
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The Law Courts of Brussels is the largest court of justice in the world with a built land area of 26,000 m² at ground level - bigger than Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome (21,000 m²).
 
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The Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps is the longest and the second oldest F1 Grand Prix circuit still in use (first Grand Prix held in 1924, two years after the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy).
 
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Belgium has more comic makers per square kilometer than any other country in the world (even Japan).
 
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97% of Belgian households receive cable TV - the highest percentage in the world.
 
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Durbuy dubs itself the smallest town in the world. Although it now has less than 500 inhabitants, it was granted the rank of town in medieval times, which it hasn't lost since then.
 
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Belgium has the highest density of art collectors of any country.
 
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A 2007 UNICEF report on child well-being in rich countries ranked Belgium as the best country for children's educational well-being.
 
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Although Belgium is 321 times smaller than the USA, with 10.5 million inhabitants, it would rank as the 8th most populous US State, between Ohio and Michigan. In other words, it has the same population as the 12 states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, District of Columbia, Delaware, North & South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Alaska combined.
 
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