In Czech Republic, women are entitled to up to 4 years of paid maternity leave, increasing to 7 years if the child is disabled.
13
Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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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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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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Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
11
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.
5
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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Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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