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1.
Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople: 1440 |
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1453
2.
Number of popes named Leo: 10 |
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13
3.
Number of Inhabited Greek Islands: 500 |
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227 (Visit Greece as source) Some sources say even lower than 227.
4.
Distance from New York to London as the crow flies: 3,000 mi (4,828 km) |
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Approximately 3,461 mi, 5,570 km
5.
Population of France: 50 million |
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67.75 million
6.
Years that Mansa Musa reigned: 35 |
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25 years
7.
Last confirmed sighting of the Dodo: 1785 |
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Widely accepted as 1662, confirmed extinct by 1681.
8.
Adoption of the current flag of Denmark: 1068 |
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1219
9.
Days between Challenger explosion and Chernobyl: 365 |
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Challenger was January 28, Chernobyl April 28, both in 1986.
10.
Italian adoption of the Euro: 2006 |
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1999
11.
National Capitals further north than Stockholm: 3 |
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4(Tallinn, Oslo, Helsinki, Reykjavik)
12.
National flags with only two colors: 15 |
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There's actually a quiz for this! I was surprised too, at all 38!
13.
Number of years of East Germany existence before reunification: 45 |
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Just shy of 41 years
14.
Size of the Mongol Empire at its peak: 5 million sq mi(12.95 million sq km) |
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Approximately 12 million square miles(31 million square km), slightly larger than the size of Africa.
15.
Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope: 1500 |
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1488 by Bartolomeu Dias