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• [Countries fact 1]  Every nation in the world allows its citizens to divorce under some conditions except for the Philippines and Vatican City.

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• [Countries fact 2]  There is a subculture in Japan for tricking out and drag racing old full-size Dodge Ram Vans called “Dajiban” (literally “DodgeVan” with a Japanese accent).

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• [Countries fact 3]  There are more public libraries than McDonald's in the U.S.

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• [Countries fact 4]  "Fishing is the most dangerous occupation in America (128.9 deaths per 100,000 people), compared to logging (115.7), the military (82, the leading cause being "accident"), flying (72.4), structural iron and steel working (46.4), mining (35) and policing (11.1). The average worker's fatality rate is 3.6."

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• [Countries fact 5]  Angelina Jolie purchased 60,000 hectares of Cambodian land that was infiltrated by poachers and turned it into a wildlife reserve. Some of the former poachers were then employed as rangers. In recognition of her conservation efforts, King Norodom Sihamoni awarded Cambodian citizenship to Jolie in 2005.

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• [Countries fact 6]  The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest building in the world for 3871 years until it was beaten by a cathedral in a town called Lincoln in the UK.

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• [Countries fact 7]  German internet users have a meme since 1999 where they pretend the town of Bielefeld (population of about 323,000, 18th largest city) does not exist.

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• [Countries fact 8]  Almost 90% of "Indian" restaurants in the United Kingdom are actually Bangladeshi.

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• [Countries fact 9]  In 1954, the city of Bombay in India had such a bad rat problem that they began accepting dead rats as taxes. This led to the mass breeding and killing of rats to use them for payment.

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• [Countries fact 10]  There are several countries in Africa that have banned the export of donkeys to China. This is due to unsustainable demand for their hide to produce medicinal gelatin called eijao. Populations of donkeys are also declining in North-East Brazil due to this.

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