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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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    A 2012 study in eastern Germany was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God.
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    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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    Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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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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    Yucatán Name
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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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    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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