Argentina's capital Buenos Aires means "Good air".
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France's capital Paris means "the working people".
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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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 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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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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