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    Most Peaceful Country
    Most Peaceful Country
    Iceland has no army and is also recognized as the world’s most peaceful country.
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    Korea's capital Seoul means "Capital".
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    Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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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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    Yucatán Name
    Yucatán Name
    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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    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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    Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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