Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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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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The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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In France, there's a place called Y.
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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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France's capital Paris means "the working people".
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Korea's capital Seoul means "Capital".
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