the official languages of Afghanistan are Pashto an Dari
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the Albanian flag has a two headed eagle on it
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andorra's capital city translated into english is andorra the old
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Their national animal is the european fallow dear
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The currency of armenia is the dram
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the thirteenth world chess champion was born in azerbaijan
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The name of the country comes from the Spanish word ‘bajamar’, meaning ‘shallow water’.
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Bahrain is the smallest arab nation
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The national flower of Bangladesh is the water lilly.
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the coat of arms of barbados has a fish and a pelican holding holding a shield
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Dzyarzhynskaya Hara is the highest point in Belarus
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Belize is the 151st largest country according to the CIA Factbook. It is ranked between Djibouti (150) and Israel (152).
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Benin is smaller than the state of pennsylvania
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The national sport of Bhutan is archery.
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The currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Marka
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Botswana has the highest elephant population in Africa.
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The capital of Brunei is Bandar Seri Begawan.
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Burkina faso speaks french.
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Burundi claimed its independence from belgium in 1962
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the cambodian flag is the only flag with a building in it
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Jews emigrated to Cape Verde as refugees from religious persecution in Iberia. Jewish-derived surnames can be found among the inhabitants of Santo Antao and Boa Vista. In Santo Antao, three Jewish cemeteries and the name of village of Sinagoga reflect their presence.
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Central African republic's national animal is the black rhino
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Chad is about the size of spain france and kansas combined
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comoros is slightly more than 12 times washington d.c.
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Nicosia, cyprus' capital, is the last divided capital in Europe
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the lowest point in djibouti, lake assal, is also the lowest point in africa
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One out of 10,000 people in Dominica are over 100 years old.
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Dominican republic's flag is the only one with a bible in it
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Most of the land area of Equatorial Guinea is located on the African mainland; however, the country’s capital Malabo is situated on the northern coast of the Bioko Island.
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It is believed that the son of King Solomon, from the royal house of Judah, and the Queen of Sheba founded the Kingdom of Axum (Aksum), in southern Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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The first daily newspaper was published in Tallinn, the capital of estonia, as early as in 1675
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Ethiopia is one of only two countries in the world that have never been occupied. (The other one is Russia, in case you are asked). It managed to stay free by defeating the Italians … twice!
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• Fiji's waters are home to over 1,500 species of sea life.
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There are 187,888 lakes in Finland
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Libreville, which means free town, is the capital of Gabon and was founded in 1849 by freed slaves. It however was not declared the capital of Gabon till 1993
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The highest point in The Gambia is 53 meters (174 feet) tall and the lowest point is at a height of 0 meters.
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The Jewish community of Georgia is one of the oldest in the world.
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Since Grenada lies on the edge of the hurricane belt, the hurricane season there lasts from June to September.
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A scene from the original Star Wars movie “A New Hope” was shot in Guatemala in the Tikal National Park,
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Long before the arrival of Europeans, Guinea was controlled by three great West African empires: the 'Ghana' Empire, the Mali Empire, and the Songhai Empire.
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The people from the country of Guinea-Bissau are known as Bissau-Guineans and not Guinea-Bissauans.
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Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America, along with being one of four non-Spanish-speaking territories on the continent.
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Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe
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It is believed that Moses is buried on Mount Nebo of Jordan.
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Apart from being the world's largest landlocked country, Kazakhstan is also the ninth largest country in the world.
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Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker, was born in Nairobi.
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the two main language of kiribati are english and gilbertese
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“Kosovo”, the name if literally translated means ‘field of blackbirds’.
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Kyrgyzstan is home to Inylchek Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world.
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The Lao language is monosyllabic and tonal.
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Latvia has one of the highest suicide rates in the world
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Lebanon is the only Arab country that doesn't have a desert.
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It is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 4,593 feet in elevation. Lesotho has the highest lowest point (4593 ft) in the world.
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The pygmy hippopotamus has become a national symbol of Liberia
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-Libya has the highest literacy rate of any country in North Africa (82% of the population can read and write).
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with 13 letters liechtenstein is the longest one word country
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190,000 or 91% of the Lithuanian Jews were killed, one of the highest total mortality rates of the Holocaust.
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Luxembourg is smaller than rhode island
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it is the only country among others in the region that got independence from Yugoslavia without shedding a single drop of blood.
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Approximately 80% of all the plant’s and animal’s species found in Madagascar are native only to the island of Madagascar, including the Lemur family.
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The official currency is kwacha (MK).
Starts with the letter
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.Malaysia has 65,877 km of highway. This is more than the Earth's circumference of 40,075 km
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The maldives are the earth lowest country
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Mali is surrounded by seven french speaking countries
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malta is made of three islands, malta gozo and comino
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the Marshall islands are about the size of washington d.c.
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Nouakchott the capital is the largest city in Mauritania
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The national flower of Mauritius is the Trochetia Boutoniana (Boucle d'Oreille).
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Capital city is palikir
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Moldova has the highest rate of Death by powered lawnmower
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monaco has the highest life expectancy rate
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Mongolia has the oldest national parks in the world.
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Mozambique is the only country to have both a Q and a Z in it.
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the national currency of myanmar is kyat
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Namibia used to be called south west Africa.
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Nauru is the world's smallest island coutry.
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Buddha was born there.
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long ago the people of nicaragua believed that if they threw beautiful young women into a volcano it would stop erupting
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The remains of the dinosaur ‘Nigersaurus’, better known for its long neck and hammerhead skull was discovered in Niger.
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The only country that starts with O in the world.
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Pakistan's official language is Urdu
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Haruo remeliik, palau's first president was assassinated june 30, 1985
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Panama has the lowest population in the Central America, though being the most industrialized country in Central America. Around 70% of the population is a mixture of Europeans and Native Americans.
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in papua new guinea, there are villages within five miles of each other that speak different languages
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the yoyo originated in the philippines, where it is used as a weapon in hunting
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Qatar has the lowest death rate in the world.
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republic of congo's capital, brazzville, is one of my favorite capitals because it has two z's
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The Rwandan king was driven into exile in Uganda in 1959.
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St. Kitts And Nevis has only 2 airports.
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St. Lucia was known as the Island of the Iguanas by the Amerindian Arawak and Carib people who are known to have been among the earliest settlers here.
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All three parts of the movie ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ were shot in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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the samoan word for hello is malo
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San Marino is named after a Christian stonemason name Marinus
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São Tomé and Principe is Africas smallest state.
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Victoria, seychelles capital, is one of the smallest capitals in the world, which can be easily covered by foot in less than a day.
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The name of the country comes from the words 'Serra Leao,' meaning 'Lion Mountain Range' in Portuguese.
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singapore has won one olympic medal, it was for weightlifting
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The first European to visit the Solomon Islands was Alvaro de Mendana de Neyra, from Spain.
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Somalia is the only country in the world that does not possess a central form of government.
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The newest country in existence
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A temple in sri lanka is dedicated to one of buddha's teeth
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Sudan borders nine countries: Egypt, Libya, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Eritrea.
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The official language of Suriname is Dutch. Apart from that, English, Sranang Tongo, Hindustani, Chinese, French, Spanish and Javanese are also widely spoken there.
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The country has a population of just over 1 million.
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Lattakia, a port in Syria, is believed to be in existence since 400 BC.
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A third of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper
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The currency of Tajikistan is Somoni.
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The earliest remains of humans including the legendary 2 million years old Homo habilis was recovered in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.
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The Thai greeting “sawatdee” was invented during the Second World War. Before that, people greeted each other by asking if they had eaten yet.
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A.k.a east timor
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when captain cook reached tonga he named it friendly islands
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The Arvana dromedary camel and Akhal-Teke horse are bred in Turkmenistan.
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The internet domain letters for Tuvalu are 'tv'
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Uganda’s largest export is coffee.
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Uzbekistan is home to one of the largest deserts in the world, known as Kyzylkum, which also extends into Kazakhstan.
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Vanuatu experiences significant volcanic activity, with many volcanoes erupting in recent years; Yasur (elev. 361 m), one of the world's most active volcanoes, has experienced continuous activity in recent centuries;
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The smallest country in existence
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venezuela's angel falls is the worlds largest uninterrupted waterfall
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In Vietnamese schools, instead of bells, gongs are used to call children.
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Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula; its neighbors are kingdoms or emirates.
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A Zambian flag law states that the National Flag shall only be flown between the hours of sunrise and sunset.