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    Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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    Korea's capital Seoul means "Capital".
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    France's capital Paris means "the working people".
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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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    Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    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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    Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur means "Muddy River"
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