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Petra was carved directly into rose coloured rock cliffs
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Jordan
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Known as “Island of spice”
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Grenada
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Only country where amber with fossils is mined
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Dr
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This country was used to dump nuclear waste
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Marshall Islands
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This country has the highest life expectancy in the World
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Monaco
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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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Coffee makes up over 80% of export earnings
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Burundi
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In some places the sea glows blue at night
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Maldives
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This country is now one of the richest, but 100 years ago was considered one of the poorest
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Brunei
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It is one of the world’s major cinnamon exporters
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SriLanka
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Has 3 offical capitals
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SouthAfrica
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This country has a city where streets are shared with lions and giraffes inside a safari park zone
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Kenya
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They had one of the world’s longest periods without national elections
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Eritrea
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Country that was a major center of classical Maya civilisation
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Guatemala
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Contains the driest non polar desert in the world
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Chile
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The only country that starts with the letter “Y”
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Yemen
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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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Contains one of the rarest palms in the world
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Seychelles
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World’s largest cocoa exporter
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Ivory Coast
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Last divided captial in Europe
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Cyprus
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The only country in the world to fall into all four hemispheres
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Kiribati
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Country that ruled over a global empire with overseas territories across multiple continents
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Uk
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The national anthem has no words
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Spain
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What country is home to the most UNESCO sites
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Italy
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One of the least densely populated countries in the world
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Mongolia
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Some tap water can catch fire due to natural gas
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Azerbaijan
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This country has accepted voodoo as a real religion
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Benin
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You can swim with pigs in this country
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Bahamas
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First country to produce Olympic sprint champions outside major powers
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Jamaica
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Has the same flag as Romania
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Chad
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This country has the longest tunnel in the World
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Switzerland
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One of the fastest internet speeds
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Lithuania
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This country does not have an offical capital city
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Nauru
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The Sahara desert covers over 90% of the country’s territory
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Mauritania
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It has the highest amount of forest coverage
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Suriname
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Nearly 85% of this country’s land is rainforest
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Gabon
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Almost exactly on the equator
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Sao Tome
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A lake there turns pink due to algae and salt (lake Retba)
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Senegal
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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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This country is known for roses, especially rose oil production
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Bulgaria
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The only country in the World to have no rivers
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Saudi Arabia
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One of the youngest volcanic island nations (geologically)
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Comoros
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1/3 of the Worlds cows live in this country
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India
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It is the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere
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Saint Kitts
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Has lapis lazuli mines used for jewelry since ancient Egypt
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Afghanistan
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Home to K2
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Pakistan
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This country has the highest literacy rate in Africa
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Zimbabwe
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The World’s deadliest lake is in this country
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Cameroon
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The capital city was founded in 1787 as a settlement for freed enslaved Africans
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SierraLeone
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This country has over 800 languages spoken there
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Papua New Guinea
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One of the world’s most active volcanic island chains
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Vanuatu
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One of the few African countries where portuguese is the offical language
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Cabo Verde
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The only Central American country, who has had a female president
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Nicaragua
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This country has a church where a bomb landed, but didn’t explode
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Malta
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Contains the geographic center of Africa
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Car
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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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One of the oldest flags in Europe
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Latvia
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One of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth
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Djibouti
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Most of its land is mountainous
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Kyrgyzstan
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This country is known for having the most sunshine in Europe
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Portugal
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Has one of Europe’s largest salt mines
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Poland
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You can become an E-resident there, without actually living there
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Estonia
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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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Home to the pyramids
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Egypt
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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 a boiling lake where you can hike to
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Dominica
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This country has more pyramids than Egypt
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Sudan
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Has skiing mountains and Mediterranean beaches close together
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Lebanon
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Capital city is one of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited cities
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Serbia
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This country has one of the youngest populations in the world
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Angola
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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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It is the largest coffee producer (about 35%)
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Brazil
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This country has naturally formed rainbow mountains
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Peru
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Largest empire in pre-colonial West Africa
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Mali
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Most of the country’s land sits above 1,400m
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Lesotho
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Country where the Berlin Conference decisions heavily shaped colonial borders
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Drc
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This country is home to around 370 officially recognised tribes
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Nigeria
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Has the most southernmost city in the world
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Argentina
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Has deserts where sand dunes can sing due to vibrations
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Oman
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Damascus is considered the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world
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Syria
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Over 90% mountainous terrain
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Tajikistan
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World’s highest mountain is in this country
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Nepal
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Has more castles per capita than almost anywhere else
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Slovakia
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One of the world’s hottest temperatures was recorded here (54C)
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Kuwait
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Claims to be the world’s oldest surviving republic
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San Marino
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Only portuguese speaking country in Asia
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East-Timor
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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’s flag is considered the oldest to still be in use
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Denmark
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Has a forest where trees grow directly out of water in swamp conditions
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Bangladesh
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Home to one of the deepest metro stations in the world
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Ukraine
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The islands contain one of the highest concentrations of WW2 shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
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SolomonIslands
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It is illegal to chew gum
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Singapore
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This country has a bright pink lake
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Australia
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