Barbados

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• 🥇Barbados is widely considered the birthplace of rum, home to Mount Gay, the world's oldest commercial rum distillery, continuously producing rum since 1703.
• 🐟Known as the 'Land of the Flying Fish,' Barbados is surrounded by flying fish that can glide over the water for hundreds of feet; the fish is on local coins and the national dish is Cou-Cou and Flying Fish.
• 🏝Global pop star and businesswoman Rihanna is a native of Barbados; she has been declared a National Hero, the street where she grew up is Rihanna Drive, and her birthday is celebrated across the island.
• 🏝Harrison's Cave is a stunning underground network of crystal-clear lakes, waterfalls, and stalactites that visitors explore by electric tram, formed by Barbados being a limestone coral island rather than volcanic.