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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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    More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet. One in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime.
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    Most Peaceful Country
    Most Peaceful Country
    Iceland has no army and is also recognized as the world’s most peaceful country.
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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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    Niue's Pokemon Coins
    In 2001, the island country of Niue featured Pikachu and other Pokemon on their currency.
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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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    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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    Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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