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    In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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    North Korea holds elections every 5 years - and there's only 1 name on the ballot.
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    Japan: More Pets Than Children
    In Japan, there are more pets than there are children.
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    The state of Florida is bigger than England.
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    Japan's Musical Roads
    Japan's Musical Roads
    Japan has a network of "melody roads" that play music as you drive over them at the correct speed.
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    Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.
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    When the current King of Thailand was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the hospital room in which he was born was declared Thai territory for the duration of the birth so that he could be born on 'Thai soil'.
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    Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Leichtenstein (1984).
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