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    Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur means "Muddy River"
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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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    In France, there's a place called Y.
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    Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".
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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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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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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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    Yucatán Name
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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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