Interesting Fact

So my feature cities have kind of bombed. It took a lot of research to do those...which I loved...but I haven't had time as of late. So maybe we'll do interesting facts instead.

Today's interesting fact comes from a coworker who spent her honeymoon in Iceland. First of all, I'll remind you that Greenland is covered in ice and Iceland is very nice (thank you Mighty Ducks #...whatever # that was...3?).  So with that in mind, it turns out that the water in Iceland is naturally warm. Think nice warm sulfur springs. Now stop thinking about that rotten egg smell, because that isn't my point. My point is that the water that comes out of the faucets in Iceland is warm and you must wait for it to cool. The exact opposite of what happens here in America, and most of the world.

I couldn't find any online information about the water temperature as it comes out of the faucet, except that hot water burns were more common in Iceland than in any other country. Hospital admitted burns had reached an epidemic proportion at one point, leading to an increase in public education about geothermic hot water, and regulations to keep the maximum hot water temperature at a lower level. One last interesting note, 72.8% of all hospital admissions for water burns between 1988 and 1992 were from tourists. An important reminder to research before you travel!

So wait for the cold water, and be careful with the hot water!