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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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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In France, there's a place called Y.
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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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China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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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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Singapore has the world’s highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least $1,000,000 US dollars in disposable wealth.
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