Singapore means "Lion city".
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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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A 2012 study in eastern Germany was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God.
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The flag of the Philippines is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.
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Afghanistan's capital Kabul means "hump backed".
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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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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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In Czech Republic, women are entitled to up to 4 years of paid maternity leave, increasing to 7 years if the child is disabled.
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