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After a moderately long hiatus, Actual Facts returns with a fact filled exploration of the world of the Basques:

• Basques were one of the first European groups to discover surfing. The word for this activity in Basque is "Urmugitukara", or "way of moving on water".
• At least one Basque monarch is believed to have died while surfing.
• More Basques live in hillside villages than do any other group anywhere else in the world, with the exception of Kansas.
• The Basque language is unrelated to any other known language. In fact, some linguists dispute whether it is even a language.
• The Basques are the second most-hated ethnic groups in the world, falling short of only the damn herring-eating Norwegians.
• It is believed that the Basques were the first proponents of organized games of chance, after a primitive casino consisting only of dice games was unearthed during a dig in Lapourd in 1923.