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