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    Argentina's capital Buenos Aires means "Good air".
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    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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    The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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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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    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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    Japan's capital Tokyo means "Eastern Capital".
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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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    A 2012 study in eastern Germany was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God.
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