Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".
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Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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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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Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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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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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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