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| Interesting Facts in Jamaica |
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original inhabitants of Jamaica cultivated corn and yams. Today,
Jamaica is famous for cultivating sugar cane, bananas, and mangoes,
none of which are indigenous. Jamaica produces Blue Mountain Coffee, a highly sought-after and expensive coffee that is popular across the globe. It is one of the rarest coffees in the world. In 1988, Jamaica was the first tropical country to send a bobsledding team to the Winter Olympics (Bobsledding – a winter sport in which teams of two or four teammates make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. The timed runs are combined to calculate the final score.) Jamaica is home to over 200 species of exotic orchid, 73 of which are indigenous. With 3 winners and 3 runners-up in the Miss World competitions, Jamaica truly does boast some of the most beautiful women in the world. In 1994, Jamaica was the first Caribbean country to launch a website – www.jamaicatravel.com. Jamaican, Kool Herc, is responsible for starting rap and hip-hop music. Google celebrated the 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop with a Doodle on their home page on August 11, 2017. Established in Jamaica in 1868, The Manchester Golf Club is the oldest in the western hemisphere. Despite being predominantly Christian, Jamaica’s Jewish residents are among the oldest on the island. The “healing waters of Jamaica” are made up of several natural mineral baths and hot springs that are thought to have therapeutic properties. |