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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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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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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Sociologists have found the worse the economy, the longer the women's skirts are and the better economy, the shorter the skirt.
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In France, there's a place called Y.
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