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    Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee!
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    In France, there's a place called Y.
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    Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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    Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.
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    Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
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    In 1964, in Holland's embassy in Moscow, two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered microphones hidden by Russian spies.
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    The average U.S. farm has 467 acres; the average Japanese farm has 3 acres.
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    The flag of the Philippines is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.
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