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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Brazil has their own version of Miss America. Miss Bumbum Brazil pageant is an annual competition for the best butt in the country.
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Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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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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Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".
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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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