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Fun Fact	Country	% Correct
Largest country with only one time zone	China	68%
Same flag as Romania	Chad	67%
Only European country with a land border in Africa	Spain	60%
Rihanna Day is an official holiday in this country	Barbados	59%
European country that has territory only 10km away from Canada	France	56%
According to some sources, this country's diplomats would meet up with Slovakian diplomats monthly to exchange miss-delivered mail.	Slovenia	56%
Has a internet domain of .tv, wich revenues billions of dollars a year	Tuvalu	55%
Smallest country in Africa	Seychelles	54%
South Koreans are already one year old when born	South Korea	53%
Only country that accepts Bitcoin as an official currency	El Salvador	51%
Has more vegitarians than every other country combined	India	50%
Only country with three different capital cities	South Africa	49%
Has the oldest and only remaining intact of the 7 ancient wonders	Egypt	47%
Home to the worlds tallest twin buildings	Malaysia	47%
Country literally meaning east east	East Timor	46%
Only country to have been awarded the St. Georges Cross	Malta	46%
Has 5 times more sheep than people, highest ratio in the world	New Zealand	46%
World's largest archipelago	Indonesia	45%
one of only two countries – the other one is Cyprus – whose flag doubles as a geographic representation because it shows the silhouette of the country.	Kosovo	44%
Biggest country without an official language, and one of three only to do so.	United States	44%
There was a village named Focking, now renamed as Fogging, because people kept stealing the village sign.	Austria	40%
Most visited country in the Carribean, with 6,5 million visitors per year	Dominican Republic	40%
It legal to escape prison in this country	Germany	40%
It's capital is recently renamed after a former president	Kazakhstan	40%
The smallest and least populous ountry in the Americas	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40%
One-third of this country is under sealevel.	Netherlands	39%
Has the most islands in the world 267.570.	Sweden	38%
Shortest commercial flight is within this country.	United Kingdom	38%
Unknowingly had the exact same flag as Liechtenstein until 1936 when the two countries met in the Olympics	Haiti	36%
Its capital is named after a American president	Liberia	36%
Santa lives here	Finland	35%
Most mountainous country in the world. Average elevation 3.280	Bhutan	34%
Home to an autonomous peninsula where women are not allowed	Greece	34%
Only flag not to feature red, white or blue	Jamaica	34%
This country has the only extinct national animal	Mauritius	34%
No longer shares a border with any of the countries it shared a border with in 1990.	Poland	34%
Most national parks, with 685.	Australia	33%
First country to celebrate New Years Eve	Kiribati	33%
Its language both use the Roman as the Cyrillic alphabet	Serbia	33%
Its largest city is the only city located on two continents	Turkey	33%
One of two double landlocked countries in the world, the other one being Liechtenstein	Uzbekistan	33%
Biggest beer consumers in the world	Czech Republic	32%
Shares its name with three other countries, but this is the shortest version	Guinea	32%
Public transport is free for everyone in this country	Luxembourg	32%
Only none rectangular flag	Nepal	32%
The average woman has 6.9 children in this country	Niger	32%
Second largest film industry in the world is located here, also called Nollywood	Nigeria	32%
Birthplace of Mother Theresa	North Macedonia	32%
Only remaining absolute monarchy in Europe	Vatican City	32%
Changed its flag a whopping 18 times during the 20th century and four more times after that.	Afghanistan	31%
More lakes than every other country combined	Canada	31%
Only country with a "permanent" settlement on Antartica.	Chile	31%
Least corrupt country	Denmark	31%
La Rinconada is the highest human settlement at 5.100m on earth	Peru	31%
Camels are extremely important to the people of this African nation. Of the 14 million camels in the world, more than half reside here.	Somalia	31%
Only white cars are allowed in this country.	Turkmenistan	31%
Over 652 days without a governemnt in 2010-2011	Belgium	30%
Flag of the kingdom of Benin features a guy being decapitated.	Benin	30%
This country has over 150 landmines per sq. kilometer.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30%
Greatest biodiversity, 2.4 million species	Brazil	30%
Has the largest percentage of Mayan population	Guatemala	30%
Home to the world's oldest company from 578	Japan	30%
It's 14th century king Mansa Musa is believed by some to be the richest human ever.	Mali	30%
30% of the inhabitans are millionaires	Monaco	30%
Second least densely populated country on earth	Namibia	30%
Has the most pyramids in the world	Sudan	30%
Has a skiing hall despite being 40 degrees celsius outside	United Arab Emirates	30%
Largest and most populous country without a military	Costa Rica	29%
Has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites	Italy	29%
Has the most valuable currency in the world	Kuwait	29%
Home to the worlds largest pyramid	Mexico	29%
The "Epic Sax Guy", famous for his solo during the Eurovision Songfestival	Moldova	29%
A pinguin is part of this countries army	Norway	29%
It's capital is the most expensive city for expats in the world, while much of its own population still lives in poverty.	Angola	28%
The Equator does not pass through this country, despite its name.	Equatorial Guinea	28%
Country still in the year 2013	Ethiopia	28%
The oldest wheel was found here	Iraq	28%
Last country to abolish slavery officially	Mauritania	28%
Worlds least densely populated country	Mongolia	28%
Hosts the oldest continuously operating university in the world	Morocco	28%
The first country in the world to decriminilase all drugs	Portugal	28%
The only country that became independent against its own will.	Singapore	28%
Bougainville, an island geographically located within this country, is actually part of Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands	28%
Newest country in the world, admitted to the UN in 2011	South Sudan	28%
Shortest war of 38 min took place here.	Tanzania	28%
Like Germany, this divided country unified in 1990.	Yemen	28%
This country leader refers to himself as the last dictator of Europe	Belarus	27%
The tallest building actually is a Mayan temple.	Belize	27%
Largest landlocked country in the Western Hemisphere	Bolivia	27%
Only national flag that features purple	Dominica	27%
Home to the largest Hindu in the Southern Hemisphere.	Fiji	27%
This country has won the most eurovision songfestivals	Ireland	27%
Has 3.4 males for every women	Qatar	27%
A bore hole deeper than the Mariana Trench	Russia	27%
Changed its time zone in 2011 by skipping a whole day. Several hundred people missed their birthday that year.	Samoa	27%
90% of presidents salary donated to charity	Uruguay	27%
Angel Falls, are the tallest waterfall in the world at 817m	Venezuela	27%
This country has in total 173.000 concrete bunkers, good for 15 bunkers p/sq mile!	Albania	26%
Hosts the world's tallest minaret at 265 metres, which is also the tallest building in Africa.	Algeria	26%
Largest country without airport	Andorra	26%
In 2001, this country had five different presidents within two weeks.	Argentina	26%
One of two countries where Coca Cola is not sold	Cuba	26%
Has the longest reigning monarch in the world.	Eswatini	26%
Portuguese is the country’s official language – but only a few can speak or write it.	Guinea-Bissau	26%
Home to the worlds largest stadium	North Korea	26%
The last remaining divided capital	Cyprus	25%
Point farthest away from the center of the earth is located here	Ecuador	25%
First country to adopt online voting	Estonia	25%
Despite considerable restrictions for females which prevents them from joining some university courses, more than 65 per cents of university students here are women.	Iran	25%
This Asian country looks landlocked, but has 16 kilometres of shoreline	Jordan	25%
This country is the world's largest enclave	Lesotho	25%
Africa's largest proven oil reserves	Libya	25%
This is the most linguistically diverse country with 850 languages spoken	Papua New Guinea	25%
Earliest written constitution still in use	San Marino	25%
Worlds deepest metro station at 105m below ground level	Ukraine	25%
Largest residential palace in the world is located in this country	Brunei	24%
It's borders closely follow the like-named river	Gambia	24%
Only country to have more trees than 50 years ago	Israel	24%
All its residents are invited to a party in a castle every year	Liechtenstein	24%
Contains Vulcan Point, an island within a lake within an island within a lake within an island.	Philippines	24%
Had a president named Banana. A law was passed that forbid citizens to make jokes about his name.	Zimbabwe	24%
Changed the name of its highest point to Mt. Obama. However, after 2016 they renamed the mountain Boggy Peak again.	Antigua and Barbuda	23%
Beer Day, taking place on March 1st, is an unofficial national holida	Iceland	23%
The worlds most bombed country	Laos	23%
The word "Bikini" is derived from an atoll here	Marshall Islands	23%
When this country became independent its internet domain changed from yu. to .me	Montenegro	23%
Most nobel laureates per capita	Saint Lucia	23%
Only capital two border two different countries	Slovakia	23%
First country to have a female Prime Minister in 1960	Sri Lanka	23%
Full name of its capital translates as "City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest."	Thailand	23%
Was Home to the World's Heaviest Monarch.	Tonga	23%
Its capital lies 28 meters (92 ft) below sea level. Along with Amsterdam, it is the only national capital that is below sea level.	Azerbaijan	22%
The oldest gold treasure was found in this country	Bulgaria	22%
Home to the world's largest lava lake	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22%
Had the worst inflation rate ever, with a quantillion bank note	Hungary	22%
The geographical center of Europe is in this country.	Lithuania	22%
90% of the wildlife in this country is not found anywhere else on earth.	Madagascar	22%
According to Top Gear, the worlds best driving road is here	Romania	22%
With 61% woman in parliament, this country leads the world in this regard.	Rwanda	22%
World's tallest lighthouse at 135m tall	Saudi Arabia	22%
This country's capital has a toilet-themed restaurant	Taiwan	22%
Many parts of the Star Wars movies have been filmed here	Tunisia	22%
Highest number of Olympic medals per capita	Bahamas	21%
Poorest country to win a gold medal at the Olympics	Burundi	21%
Largest supply of minerals	Colombia	21%
Has the world's smallest city	Croatia	21%
Has the deepest cave in the world at 2.212m	Georgia	21%
Was briefly a Danish colony in Africa	Ghana	21%
The first female Nobel Peace Prize winner is from this country	Kenya	21%
About 15% of the residents is stateless.	Latvia	21%
Keanu Reeves was born in this country's capital	Lebanon	21%
Highest scoring country name at Scrabble with 34 points.	Mozambique	21%
Has six different national animals	Pakistan	21%
First country to adopt the US dollar outside the US	Panama	21%
Has the largest navy for a landlocked country	Paraguay	21%
The first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies were filmed here	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	21%
Home to the world's longest staircase with 11.674 steps and vertical incline of 1669.	Switzerland	21%
Largest restaurant in the world with 6.014 diners	Syria	21%
This country's leader is encased in a glass coffin and displayed against his will after his death	Vietnam	21%
Chess is part of primary school education in this country	Armenia	20%
improvised trains after regular services	Cambodia	20%
Famous for dark skinned people with blonde hair	Cape Verde	20%
Saltest lake in the world outside of Antartica	Djibouti	20%
Home to the only UNESCO World Heritage site built on a coral reef	Federated States of Micronesia	20%
The worlds largest single drop waterfall is here	Guyana	20%
Has a town where it rains fishes once a year	Honduras	20%
Has the world's largest basilica, bigger than the St. Peter	Ivory Coast	20%
This country's capital is built on an island where there is almost no room for construction anymore	Maldives	20%
This country does not have a official capital city, but a capital district.	Nauru	20%
Most streets have no names in this country	Nicaragua	20%
Nearly all buildings re white	Oman	20%
Has a lake with harmless jellyfish	Palau	20%
home to what a “National Geographic” team dubbed “the world’s last eden” during a visit in the 1990s.	Republic of the Congo	20%
is one of the least visited countries in the world, only receiving around 29,000 tourists in 2017 (the latest available data).	São Tomé and Príncipe	20%
Most forested country in the world at 95% of land area covered	Suriname	20%
Named after a small village which is not its capital	Togo	20%
1970, longest serving PM	Bahrain	19%
December 2004, longest human chain with 1.5. million participants	Bangladesh	19%
Has two administrative divisions named Kanye North and Kanye South. There is no Kanye West	Botswana	19%
Compasses do not work here due to a magnetic anomaly.	Central African Republic	19%
the world’s largest producers of ylang ylang, an essential oil with both fragrant properties	Comoros	19%
Has no official language	Eritrea	19%
The worlds longest epic poem was written here	Kyrgyzstan	19%
longest glacier outside of polar regions at 76km long	Tajikistan	19%
The limbo dance originated in this country.	Trinidad and Tobago	19%
Passport sales make up 30% of this country's revenue	Vanuatu	19%
The name of this country literally means "Land of incorruptible people", despite ranking only 80/186 for corruption in 2020 by Transparency International	Burkina Faso	18%
During the great depression this country raised money for the USA. In total they amassed $3.77.	Cameroon	18%
This country has an underwater sculpture park	Grenada	18%
It is normal to make kissing sound to get a waiters attention in a restaurant here.	Myanmar	18%
has a naturally pink lake	Senegal	18%
With more than 1,000 species, it contains 60 percent of Africa’s birds and 11 percent of the world’s avian population.	Uganda	18%
32% of this lands area is national park, the most in the world	Zambia	18%
This country's lake is also called calendar lake because at its longest it measures 365 miles, and widest 52 miles.	Malawi	17%
The Niger river starts here only about 100 km away from the sea, but the river is 4,180 kilometers (2597 miles) long.	Sierra Leone	17%
Land of the "Surfing Hippos"	Gabon	16%

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