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This country’s flag was designed by a 17 year old
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Usa
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Known for the legend of vampires
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Romania
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Has the most islands in the world (~221 831)
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Sweden
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One of the cemeteries there is so large that it has its own bus routes
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Austria
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One of the few English speaking countries in South America
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Guyana
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Has one of the world’s largest elephant populations
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Botswana
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Largest empire in pre-colonial West Africa
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Mali
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In this country, the number 4 is considered unlucky
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South Korea
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This is the largest double landlocked country
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Uzbekistan
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This country has a boiling lake where you can hike to
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Dominica
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This country has one of the longest coastlines in the Indian Ocean region of Africa
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Mozambique
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This country has had 27 capitals
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Iran
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This country has a heart shaped island that is seen from above
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Croatia
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This country has a bright pink lake
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Australia
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Birthplace of democracy
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Greece
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Contains the driest non polar desert in the world
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Chile
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One of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth
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Djibouti
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This country is home to around 370 officially recognised tribes
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Nigeria
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World’s most important biological migration bridge between North and South America
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Pamama
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The only country that starts with the letter “Y”
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Yemen
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Damascus is considered the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world
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Syria
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Country where the Berlin Conference decisions heavily shaped colonial borders
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Drc
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Former home of the extinct dodo bird
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Mauritius
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Most of its land is mountainous
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Kyrgyzstan
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Has one of Europe’s largest salt mines
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Poland
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This country was used to dump nuclear waste
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Marshall Islands
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This country is the most bombed country in the world
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Laos
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Home to Mount Kilimanjaro
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Tanzania
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In some places the sea glows blue at night
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Maldives
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Known for being the horn of Africa
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Somalia
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One of the first countries to ban plastic bags entirely
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Rwanda
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World’s highest mountain is in this country
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Nepal
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This country has a railway system built on volcanic terrain with active seismic risk zones
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Japan
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This country has a volcano inside a lake inside a volcano
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Mexico
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Name means “Land of honest people” in two local languages
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BurkinaFaso
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Nearly 85% of this country’s land is rainforest
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Gabon
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The highest waterfall in the World is in this country
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Venezuela
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This country manufactures 70% of all toys
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China
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Home to about 900 Mayan sites
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Belize
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Has the most saunas in the world
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Finland
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Helped define the term “banana republic”
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Honduras
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First sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule
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Ghana
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It has the highest amount of forest coverage
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Suriname
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Has the most southernmost city in the world
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Argentina
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It is the largest coffee producer (about 35%)
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Brazil
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Wine making dates back to 8,000 years in this country
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Georgia
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This country has a river that glows red, yellow, green and blue
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Colombia
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Used as filming location for “Pirates of the Caribbean”
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StVincent
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Has the same flag as Romania
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Chad
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This country is known for rum
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Barbados
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Filming location for parts of “Star Wars”
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Tunisia
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This country has accepted voodoo as a real religion
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Benin
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This is the largest landlocked country
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Kazakhstan
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The desert there can get snow on rare occasions
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Algeria
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Has a coastline with one beach for every day of the year
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Antigua
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It is one of the world’s major cinnamon exporters
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SriLanka
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In this country stands a singular tree in the middle of the desert with no water source
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Bahrain
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This country has the oldest continuously operating degree granting university in the world
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Morocco
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This country was the first in the World to make Christianity its offical religion
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Armenia
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First independent black republic in the world
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Haiti
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It has one of the world’s largest hydroelectric power exports via Itaipu Dam
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Paraguay
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One of the oldest flags in Europe
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Latvia
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The Sahara desert covers over 90% of the country’s territory
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Mauritania
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Home to saltwater hippos
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Guinea-Bissau
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Claims to be the world’s oldest surviving republic
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San Marino
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What country is home to the most UNESCO sites
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Italy
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This country has no snakes
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Ireland
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This Asian country doesn’t have Burger King or McDonalds, due to strong local food culture
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Cambodia
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This country’s people refuse to clink beer glasses
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Hungary
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From this country comes the word “Karst” used globally in geology
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Slovenia
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The capital city of this country sits over 4,000m above sea level
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Bolivia
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Has a crater that has been burning nonstop for over 50 years
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Turkmenistan
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Only portuguese speaking country in Asia
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East-Timor
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Location of ancient Mesopotamia
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Iraq
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Has the most remote desert of Earth (Skeleton desert)
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Namibia
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Went almost 2 years without an offical government
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Belgium
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This country has the tallest people in the World
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Netherlands
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This country has the nickname “Land of volcanoes”
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El Salvador
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One of the narrowest countries of the world, has both coastal ecosystems and inland savanna
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Togo
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Only country where amber with fossils is mined
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Dr
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What country is home to the largest king cobras
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Malaysia
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The poorest country in Europe
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Moldova
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Capital city is one of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited cities
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Serbia
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Has more castles per capita than almost anywhere else
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Slovakia
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Known for thousands of golden Buddhist pagodas
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Myanmar
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Founded by freed American slaves
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Liberia
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Changed its name to settle long standing diplomatic dispute
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North Macedonia
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Country that was a major center of classical Maya civilisation
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Guatemala
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This country has the highest life expectancy in the World
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Monaco
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This country’s flag is considered the oldest to still be in use
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Denmark
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This country has naturally formed rainbow mountains
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Peru
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Contains one of the rarest palms in the world
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Seychelles
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