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    Costa Rica Military
    Costa Rica Military
    In 1948, Costa Rica abolished its military and spends the money on education and culture instead.
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    Singapore means "Lion city".
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    China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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    Yucatán Name
    Yucatán Name
    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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    France's capital Paris means "the working 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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    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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    Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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