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    Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
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    Roughly 90% of the world's population live in the northern hemisphere.
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    School Janitors in Japan
    School Janitors in Japan
    Most Japanese schools don't have dedicated janitors. Instead, children do the daily cleaning, which originated from the Buddhist traditions that associate cleaning with morality.
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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    In France, by law a bakery has to make all the bread it sells from scratch in order to have the right to be called a bakery.
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    Oktoberfest started off as a wedding reception for a Prince in Bavaria in 1810, and the newlyweds enjoyed it so much, they suggested making it an annual event.
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    There is a county in California called Yolo.
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    In India, Pajamas are accepted as standard daytime wearing apparel.
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