Facts - Miscellaneous

The drinking age in Croatia is 18.
Croatian people use the 24-hour timekeeping system.
All male citizens of Croatia from 18 to 27 years of age are required to serve 6 months of mandatory military service. Conscientious objectors have a right to do civilian service instead, which lasts 8 months. College students can serve after graduation as long as they apply before they turn 28.
Croatia is the homeland of a necktie.
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, the inventor of the first mechanical pencil and first solid-ink fountain pen, was a naturalized Croat.
Croatia does not practice capital punishment.
There are 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Croatia: the Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Center of Poreč (inscribed in 1997), the Historic City of Trogir (inscribed in 1997), the Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (inscribed in 1979), the Old City of Dubrovnik (inscribed in 1979), the Cathedral of St James in Šibenik (inscribed in 2000) and the Plitvice Lakes National Park (inscribed in 1979).