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This nation received their first Olympic gold medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games. The medal was from the men's team winning Rugby Sevens. | |
The Guadalcanal Campaign of World War 2 was waged on the land (and in the waters) of this country. | |
This archipelago nation is comprised of over 80 islands, the largest of which is Espiritu Santo. | |
The Queen Alexandra's birdwing, the world's largest butterfly - with females reaching wingspans in excess of 25 cm (9.8 in) - is found only in this country. | |
This is the only country which lies in all four hemispheres (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western). | |
This country's only Olympic medal - a silver medal in boxing - was won by Paea Wolfgramm during the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. | |
The 1953 film 'Return to Paradise', which starred Gary Cooper, was filmed on the island of Upolu, part of this country, in the village of Matautu. | |
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This nation was once known as the Ellice Islands before gaining independence from Britain in 1978. | |
This is the most obese sovereign nation in the world. | |
The Ka or Keima Tree is endemic only to two islands that are part of this country - Pohnpei and Kosrae. | |
This country has the southernmost capital city in the world. | |
This nation created the world's 1st shark sanctuary in 2009 & banned all commercial shark fishing within its Exclusive Economic Zone waters, an area of about 600,000 sq km. | |
The island of Elugelab, part of the Enewetak atoll (belonging to this nation), was destroyed in the first test of a hydrogen bomb (Ivy Mike) in 1952. | |
This country is home to the world's largest cattle ranch (6,000,000 acres!). | |
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