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 ==== Companies History ====
 Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz bought an energy drink called "Krating Daeng" (Red Buffalo). It was produced by TC Pharmaceutical, a company founded in 1962 by Thai entrepreneur Chaleo Yoovidhya. Mateschitz decided to bring the drink to Europe but changed the name to "Red Bull" (the bull is his zodiac sign). In 1984 Mateschitz founded the now-famous Red Bull GmbH together with Yoovidhya in Austria. [([[https://www.companieshistory.com/red-bull/|Companies History]])]
+==== Wiener schnitzel ====
+The national dish is Wiener schnitzel. [([[https://ingmar.app/blog/recipe-the-national-dish-of-austria-wiener-schnitzel/|Ingmar]])]
+==== Grossglockner ====
+The highest peak of Austria is the Grossglockner 12,461 ft. [([[https://www.grossglockner.at/gg/en/grossglockner/thegrossglockner|Grossglockner]])]
+==== Danube ====
+Austria's longest river is the Danube 9 350 000 ft. [([[https://www.europeana.eu/pl/exhibitions/the-danube-connecting-europe/the-danube-through-time|Europeana]])]
+==== Sewing machine ====
+In 1814, the sewing machine patent was issued in Austria. [([[https://www.thoughtco.com/stitches-the-history-of-sewing-machines-1992460|ThoughtCo]])]
+==== Arnold Schwarzenegger ====
+Arnold Schwarzenegger is originally from Austria. [([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arnold-Schwarzenegger|Britannica]])]
+==== The national flag of Austria ====
+The national flag of Austria is one of the oldest in the world. It dates back to 1191. [([[https://www.mappr.co/flag-maps/austria/|Mappr]])]
+==== International Gem Society ====
+Vienna is home to the largest emerald in the world with as many as 2,860 carats. [([[https://www.gemsociety.org/article/worlds-largest-emeralds/|Gem Society]])]
+==== Schonbrunn Palace ====
+The summer residence of the Habsburgs - Schonbrunn Palace has as many as 1,440 rooms. [([[https://privateguidesofeurope.com/2020/10/23/best-off-vienna/|Private Guides of Europe]])]
+==== Oldest inn ====
+Salzburg is home to the world's oldest still-operating inn, established in 803. It is also the longest-running. [([[https://businessfinancing.co.uk/the-oldest-company-in-almost-every-country/|Business Financing]])]
+==== Schönbrunn Zoo ====
+Vienna is home to the world's oldest zoo, established in 1752. [([[https://www.zoovienna.at/en/zoo-and-visitors/welcome-worlds-oldest-zoo/|Zoo Vienna]])]
+==== Town of Serfaus ====
+In the town of Serfaus with about 1,150 inhabitants, there is a subway line. [([[https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/this-austrian-village-has-worlds-shortest-metro/|Big Think]])]
+==== Karl-Marx-Hof  ====
+In Vienna, the longest residential building in the world was built - Karl-Marx-Hof that contains 1,382 apartments. [([[https://www.viennadirect.com/sights/marx.php|Vienna Direct]])]
+==== Erwin Schrödinger  ====
+Quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger, the creator of one of the most famous paradoxes (Schrödinger's cat), was Austrian. [([[https://www.livescience.com/schrodingers-cat.html|Live Science]])]
+==== Bodypainting championship  ====
+The world championships in bodypainting are held in Portschach every year. [([[https://www.urtheman.com/the-art-of-body-painting/|Urtheman]])]
+==== Die Narrenturn  ====
+Die Narrenturn, a five-story rotunda in Vienna, was a mental hospital where they tried to treat the sick in a very brutal way. The place was known as the "The Fool's Tower". [([[https://www.healtheuropa.eu/fools-tower-mental-patients/88738/|Health Europe]])]
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