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The most beer drinking country per capita
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Czech Republic
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It has one of the world’s highest fertility rates
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Niger
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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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The Sahara desert covers over 90% of the country’s territory
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Mauritania
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Most of the country’s land sits above 1,400m
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Lesotho
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This country has over 800 languages spoken there
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Papua New Guinea
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The World’s deadliest lake is in this country
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Cameroon
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Has deserts where sand dunes can sing due to vibrations
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Oman
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Name means “Land of honest people” in two local languages
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BurkinaFaso
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Went almost 2 years without an offical government
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Belgium
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Last divided captial in Europe
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Cyprus
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Some tap water can catch fire due to natural gas
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Azerbaijan
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World’s largest country
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Russia
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This country has a boiling lake where you can hike to
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Dominica
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Developed one of the most successful global medical diplomacy programs
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Cuba
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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 is known for having the most sunshine in Europe
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Portugal
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This country manufactures 70% of all toys
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China
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Has the most islands in the world (~221 831)
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Sweden
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This is the largest landlocked country
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Kazakhstan
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This country does not have an offical capital city
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Nauru
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This country has the highest literacy rate in Africa
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Zimbabwe
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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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Home to about 900 Mayan sites
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Belize
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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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Only country where amber with fossils is mined
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Dr
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Has the same flag as Romania
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Chad
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This country claims to have a 100% literacy rate
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North Korea
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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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Built artificial islands visible from space
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UAE
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Most of its land is mountainous
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Kyrgyzstan
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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 is home to the only remaining jungle in Europe
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Bosnia
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Largest empire in pre-colonial West Africa
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Mali
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The only country in the World to have no rivers
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Saudi Arabia
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Never colonised by European powers
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Thailand
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Used as filming location for “Pirates of the Caribbean”
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StVincent
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Nearly 85% of this country’s land is rainforest
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Gabon
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One of the few English speaking countries in South America
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Guyana
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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 saltwater hippos
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Guinea-Bissau
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This country has accepted voodoo as a real religion
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Benin
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Only portuguese speaking country in Asia
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East-Timor
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This country has the most lakes in the World
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Canada
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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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Founded by freed American slaves
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Liberia
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The only Central American country, who has had a female president
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Nicaragua
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Has one of the world’s largest elephant populations
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Botswana
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One of the world’s hottest temperatures was recorded here (54C)
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Kuwait
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This country is home to around 370 officially recognised tribes
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Nigeria
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The desert there can get snow on rare occasions
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Algeria
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Contains the driest non polar desert in the world
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Chile
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This country has a dating app to see if you’re accidentally dating your cousin
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Iceland
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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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Shares a name with a film
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Madagascar
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The only country that starts with the letter “Y”
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Yemen
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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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In some places the sea glows blue at night
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Maldives
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Has territory on every inhabited continent
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France
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This country has one of the youngest populations in the world
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Angola
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First sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule
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Ghana
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Country where the Berlin Conference decisions heavily shaped colonial borders
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Drc
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Helped define the term “banana republic”
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Honduras
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One of the least densely populated countries in the world
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Mongolia
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Almost exactly on the equator
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Sao Tome
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A quarter of overseas nurses come from this country
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Philipines
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Television was banned in this country until 1999
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Bhutan
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One of the first countries to ban plastic bags entirely
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Rwanda
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In 2008 this country knighted a penguin
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Norway
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What country is home to the largest king cobras
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Malaysia
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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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Known for the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
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Costa Rica
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1/3 of the Worlds cows live in this country
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India
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One of the youngest volcanic island nations (geologically)
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Comoros
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This country has the most bunkers in the world
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Albania
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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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Home to the pyramids
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Egypt
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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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Has more castles per capita than almost anywhere else
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Slovakia
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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 runs through the equator
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Ecuador
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Smallest country on the African mainland
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Gambia
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One of Europe’s last primeval forests is in this country
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Belarus
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Known for being the horn of Africa
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Somalia
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In this country a tsunami happend in 2009 and it changed the shape of the coastline
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Samoa
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This country has a bright pink lake
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Australia
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This country is known for roses, especially rose oil production
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Bulgaria
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Petra was carved directly into rose coloured rock cliffs
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Jordan
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First independent black republic in the world
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Haiti
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This country is known for rum
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Barbados
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Has the most saunas in the world
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Finland
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