If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".
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Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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France's capital Paris means "the working people".
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There is a city called "Batman" in Turkey.
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