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    China's Building an Ultra-Modern Car-Free City from Scratch
    China is building an ultra-modern car-free city that'll house 80,000 people in "high-rise core housing". It's entirely walkable and surrounded by green space. It's designed to use less water, create less waste, and generate less carbon dioxide than a normal city.
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    The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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    The country of Brazil is named after the brazil nut.
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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    Wife-Carrying Championship in Finland Gives Winners Wife's Weight in Beer
    There's a wife-carrying championship that takes place in Finland every year where the winner receives his wife's weight in beer.
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    Mexico has more American residents than any other country except the United States.
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    In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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    Free Wi-Fi
    Free Wi-Fi
    Taiwan became the first country in the world to offer free Wi-Fi connectivity to its citizens and all its foreign tourists.
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