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The full name of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is : Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.
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The highest point of Maldives is lower than a basket on a basketball court.
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France has been using the German time zone since the German occupation during WWII.
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It’s usually said that the Great Wall of China is “the only human building that can be seen from space”...actually it’s false.
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only man who survived both atomic bombs (at least the only that was officially recognised)...
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80 billion human beings have been born on the planet since the first humans, and half of them in the last two millennia !
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The motto of the former British Empire (England / United Kingdom) is in French, not in English!
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The full name of the city of Los Angeles is “El pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula”.
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Iran comes second in number of gender reassignment surgery (first is Thailand).
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The longest swimming pool in the world is located in Algarrobo, Chile, and is 1,013 meters long.
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HARIBO comes from “HAns RIegel, BOnn”, creator of the company, followed by the name of the city where he created it.
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