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    The Mexican state of Yucatán was named so after a misunderstanding when the Spaniards arrived and asked the locals what they called the place. The locals replied "Yucatan" which means "I don’t understand you" in their native tongue.
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    Japan's capital Tokyo means "Eastern Capital".
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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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    The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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    Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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    More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet. One in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime.
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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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    Argentina's capital Buenos Aires means "Good air".
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