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• [Countries fact 1] Boryeong Mud festival takes place every summer in the town of Boryeong, South Korea. This international mud fight attracts millions of visitors from all over the world. Strangely enough, it was originally intended to be a marketing vehicle for local cosmetics producers who use the mineral-rich mud in their products.

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• [Countries fact 2] After being denied access to one and with no public knowledge about its architecture, India built its first supercomputer (PARAM) in just 3 years which then became the second fastest supercomputer at the time.

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• [Countries fact 3] There is an Antarctic dialect of English, which has developed among researchers in Antarctica who have their own slang and speech patterns. Since this is one of the few linguistically isolated areas in the world, it is being used to understand how dialects originate.

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• [Countries fact 4] Saint Lucy's Day is celebrated on December 13th in some countries by having a woman wear a crown made of lit candles while wearing white and red and distributing treats.

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• [Countries fact 5] Slavery was nearly abolished in the USA in 1784, but the motion fell short by just one vote

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• [Countries fact 6] In 1998, there was an outbreak of mass hysteria in East Java, Indonesia, in which the local population believed they were being targeted by sorcerers known as the ‘ninja’, who were blamed for mysterious killings of religious leaders. Over 250 people were lynched in the surrounding area.

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• [Countries fact 7] After World War 1, French had the railway cars that Germany surrendered in stored in a museum. During World War 2, when France was preparing to surrender, Hitler ordered the walls of museum torn down and the railway cars returned to the exact spot of the 1918 armistice in order to humiliate the French.

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• [Countries fact 8] Surströmming is a Swedish delicacy which is known for being the world’s smelliest food. It is made by fermented Baltic Sea herring. It smells so bad that several airlines have banned passengers from carrying tin cans of this stuff. In one case, a tenant was evicted in Germany after spreading the Surströmming brine in the stairway. The landlord was taken to court, where he brought a can of Surströmming as evidence. After being opened, the court unanimously ruled in his favor because of the smell.

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• [Countries fact 9] Iceland's SWAT unit (the closest thing they have to an army), is called the Viking Squad.

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• [Countries fact 10] As a man, you can be arrested in Iran for wearing shorts.

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