Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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Japan's capital Tokyo means "Eastern Capital".
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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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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".
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In France, there's a place called Y.
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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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