The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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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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Singapore has the world’s highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least $1,000,000 US dollars in disposable wealth.
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France's capital Paris means "the working people".
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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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Korea's capital Seoul means "Capital".
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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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Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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