Interesting Facts about Georgia

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4 curious facts about Georgia.

• When a child loses a tooth they throw their tooth high up on the roof of their house and say “Mouse, mouse, take away my spoiled tooth and send me back a strong healthy one.”
• Perhaps the most famous Georgian was Josif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili who called himself "Stalin" or man of steel. Born in 1879, Stalin became the second leader of the USSR (after Lenin). Stalin led the USSR until his death in 1953.
• Financial problems have meant that independent Georgia can only guarantee free education for the first nine years of school, starting at the age of six.
• Georgia has centuries-old tradition of winemaking.