Now that's interesting.

Here are a few interesting bits of information picked up on my Croatia trip:
Marco Polo was technically Venetian because Croatia was ruled by Venice at the time but he was actually born on an island off the Croatian coast.
Nicolo Tessla was born in Craotia when it was part of Austrio Hungary.
Croatia's first king was named King Tom (well Tomeslav actually,but they call him Tom).
They have some interesting road signs in Croatia.  One of my favorites was an inverted triangle with a giant snowflake in the center.  This one was in the mountains of course.
"I need ti examine the tiles." is a euphemism like "powder my nose" (does anyone use that one anymore?) for going to the bathroom since all of their bathrooms are finished with tile on the walls, some rather nice.
The necktie was invented in Croatia.  It was originally part of their military uniform with a name that sounded like 'cravat'.