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    Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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    France's capital Paris means "the working people".
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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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    Costa Rica Military
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    In 1948, Costa Rica abolished its military and spends the money on education and culture instead.
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    Argentina's capital Buenos Aires means "Good air".
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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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    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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    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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