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Superlative
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Data
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Answer
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Biggest in area
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17,098,246 km2
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Russia
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Largest in population
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1,403,500,365 people
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China
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Biggest folk festival
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Oktoberfest, 5.6 million visitors
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Germany
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Largest stadium
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114,000 spectators
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North Korea
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Northernmost point
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83°06'N
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Canada
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Biggest north-south span
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4,270 km
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Chile
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Most successful in alpine skiing
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28 years in a row
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Austria
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Smallest by area
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0,44 km2
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Vatican City
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Oldest independent nation
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since 1066
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United Kingdom
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Youngest
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2011
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South Sudan
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Highest building
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Burj Khalifa, 828 m
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United Arab Emirates
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Most FIFA World Cup titles
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5
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Brazil
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Only English Royal Wedding outside the UK
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Richard I; May 12, 1191
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Cyprus
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Oldest evidence for modern humans
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c. 300,000 years ago
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Ethiopia
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Receiving the most tourists
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82.6 million visitors
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France
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Receiving the least tourists
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2,400 visitors
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Tuvalu
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First to have full-time electric trams
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1885
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Suffering the most deaths due to ISIS
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at least 2,199 casualties
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Iraq
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Largest Muslim population
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227 million people
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Indonesia
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Lowest life expectancy
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50.6 years (CIA)
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Chad
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Only place to have freshwater sharks
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--
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Nicaragua
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Most guns per capita
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120.5 guns per 100 people
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United States
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Most recent to change name
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April 2018
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Eswatini
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Closest to 0°N 0°E
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570 km
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Ghana
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Most Nobel laureates per capita
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10.8 per million
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Saint Lucia
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Highest rate of obesity
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61 %
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Nauru
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Largest landlocked country
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2,724,900 km2
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Kazakhstan
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First to lose its seat in the United Nations
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1971
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Taiwan
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Most gorillas
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80% of the Gorilla population
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Gabon
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Smallest megadiverse country
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51,100 km2
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Costa Rica
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Most Winter Olympic medals
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368
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Norway
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First to adopt Christianity as a state religion
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301 A.D.
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Armenia
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Most World Heritage Sites
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54
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Italy
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Most lemurs
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c. 2.400
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Madagascar
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Most punctual airline
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airBaltic, 90.01%
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Latvia
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Driest island nation
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83 mm / year
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Bahrain
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Driest nation worldwide
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51 mm / year
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Egypt
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Most languages
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840
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Papua New Guinea
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Most Spanish speakers
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113 million speakers
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Mexico
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Fastest 100m sprinter
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Usain Bolt, 9,58 sec
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Jamaica
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Last to abolish slavery
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1981
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Mauritania
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Most Marathoners under 2:10 hours
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436
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Kenya
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First to allow women to vote
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1893
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New Zealand
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First to accept Voodoo as an official religion
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1996
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Benin
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Most castles and châteaux per capita
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11.1 per 100,000 people
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Slovakia
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Most active piracy
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4,185 seafarers kidnapped in 2010
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Somalia
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Largest castle
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Malbork, 143,591 sq m
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Poland
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Most Jewish people
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6,336,400 Jews
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Israel
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Most females in parliament
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c. 64%
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Rwanda
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Oldest larger human settlement
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Çatalhöyük, 7,500 BC
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Turkey
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Largest delta on Earth
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Ganges Delta
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Bangladesh
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Strongest passport
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190 countries without visa
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Japan
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Least corrupt nation in Africa
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61 points out of 100
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Botswana
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Biggest indoor Ferris wheel
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Arem, 57 m in diameter
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Turkmenistan
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First all-broadband wireless country
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2006
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Macedonia
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Most recent to join the European Union
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2013
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Croatia
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Longest JetPunk name
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29 letters
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Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
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Westernmost country on the African mainland
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Cap Vert, 17°31 W
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Senegal
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Biggest absolute monarchy
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33 million people
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Saudi Arabia
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First to hold the FIFA World Cup
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1930
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Uruguay
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Highest emigration percentage
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49.11%
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Dominica
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Most free-living cheetahs
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~ 3000 animals
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Namibia
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Oldest city in the New World
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Santo Domingo, 1496 A.D.
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Dominican Republic
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Deadliest European tornado
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Grand Harbour tornado, 1556
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Malta
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Most UEFA Champions League wins
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18 titles
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Spain
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Most successful YouTuber
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PewDiePie, 75.6 million subscribers
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Sweden
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Fastest Wi-Fi
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33.5 megabits per second
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South Korea
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Most billionaires per capita
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106.5 per mil
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Monaco
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Greatest pollution per capita
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44 metric tons per capita
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Qatar
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Largest amount of stone money
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at least 6,000 stones
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F.S. of Micronesia
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Most mud volcanoes
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nearly 400
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Azerbaijan
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First major WWII battle against Japan
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Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942 - 1943
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Solomon Islands
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Most external debt per capita
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$6,968,000
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Luxembourg
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Most official languages
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37 languages
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Bolivia
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Closest capital to the Date Line
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c. 75 km
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Samoa
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Youngest Nobel Prize winner in history
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Malala Yousafzai (17 years)
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Pakistan
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Most Portuguese speakers in Africa
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29,310,273
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Angola
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Highest natural increase rate (2015-2020)
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+32.9% of the population
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Uganda
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Lowest natural increase rate (2015-2020)
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-6.0% of the population
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Bulgaria
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Most recent to lose territory to another country
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March 2014
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Ukraine
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Largest exporter of asparagus
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117,000 metric tons
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Peru
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Oldest same defined state border
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Same since 1139
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Portugal
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Largest roundabout
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3.5 km in diameter
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Malaysia
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Biggest walnut forest
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Arslanbob, 150,000 acres
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Kyrgyzstan
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Highest amount of cultivated land
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76.3%
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Comoros
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Most sparsely populated nation
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1.9 people per km2
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Mongolia
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Highest average temperature
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28.25°C (two answers possible)
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Burkina Faso
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Mali
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Largest waterfall
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Victoria Falls (two answers possible)
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe
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Largest cave
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Sơn Đoòng, 150,000,000m3
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Vietnam
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First to officially recognize the United States
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December 20, 1777
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Morocco
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Highest average yearly precipitation
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3240 mm
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Colombia
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Highest inflation rate
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1,087.51%
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Venezuela
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Most vehicles per capita
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1,263 per 1,000 people
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San Marino
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Least guessed on JetPunk's
"Countries of the World " quiz
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20%
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Biggest banana exporter
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US$3 billion
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Ecuador
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Oldest democracy
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508 BC
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Greece
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Only country to lie in all four hemispheres
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--
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Kiribati
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Highest pure alcohol consumption
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16.8 liters per capita/year
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Moldova
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Highest beer consumption
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143.3 litres per capita/year
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Czech Republic
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Tallest people (male)
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1.83 m (6 ft 1/2 in)
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Netherlands
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First to produce wine
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c. 6000 BC
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Georgia
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Most heavily bombed
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2 million of tons
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Laos
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First country alphabetically
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--
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Afghanistan
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Site of the shortest war in history
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38 minutes
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Tanzania
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Longest non-polar glacier
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Fedchenko Glacier (77 km)
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Tajikistan
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Most movies
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1907
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India
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Most mormons (in %)
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60.88%
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Tonga
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First foreign trip by George Washington
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1751
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Barbados
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Lowest fertility rate
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0.84 children per woman
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Singapore
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Highest VAT rates (standard rate)
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27%
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Hungary
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Last to gain independence from the US
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1994, Trust Territory
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Palau
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Least soldiers per capita
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0.4 per 1,000 people
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Gambia
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First ever heart transplant
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1967
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South Africa
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First underwater sculpture park
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Molinere sculpture park
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Grenada
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Most expensive ruby
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Sunrise Ruby, 30.42 mil $
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Myanmar
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First human born in Antarctica
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Emilio Palma, 1978
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Argentina
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Highest low point
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1400 m
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Lesotho
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Only country to have a different back side on its flag
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--
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Paraguay
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First female head of state (non-royal)
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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Sri Lanka
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Highest maternal mortality rate
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1,360 per 100,000 births
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Sierra Leone
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One-word country with the highest score in Scrabble
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34 points
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Mozambique
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One-word capital with the highest score in Scrabble
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34 points
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Republic of the Congo
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Longest place name
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176 letters
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Thailand
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Northernmost African country
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37° 21′ N
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Tunisia
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Most Christian UN member
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99.1%
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East Timor
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Most pyramids
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220
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Sudan
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Biggest in the Caribbean
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109,886 km2
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Cuba
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Highest percentage of internet users
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98.24%
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Iceland
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Lowest percentage of internet users
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1.18%
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Eritrea
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Biggest percentage of Druze people
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8%
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Lebanon
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Biggest cashew nut production per capita
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97 tons
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Guinea-Bissau
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First to be known as a "banana republic"
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O. Henry, 1901
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Honduras
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First to have its own aroma
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wild flowers, ginger,
raspberry, sandalwood and musk
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Lithuania
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Smallest cigarette consumption per capita
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9.7 cigarettes
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Brunei
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Highest cigarette consumption per capita
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6398.3 cigarettes
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Andorra
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First to adopt online voting
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2005
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Estonia
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Biggest cocoa consumption
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33% of the world's supply
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Côte d'Ivoire
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Highest victory in an international football match
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31-0
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Australia
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Most Christians in Asia
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86,500,000
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Philippines
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Lowest inequality-adjusted HDI
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0.212
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Central African Republic
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Biggest African producer of aluminium oxide
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555,000 tons
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Guinea
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Highest percentage of forests
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90.20%
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Suriname
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Biggest population living below national poverty line
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82.5% of all citizens (CIA)
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Syria
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Happiest country on Earth
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7.632 out of 10
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Finland
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Unhappiest country on Earth
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2.905 out of 10
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Burundi
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Biggest doubly landlocked country
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448,978 km2
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Uzbekistan
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Most Ibadis
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2.47 mil
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Oman
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City with the most foreign embassies
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Brussels, 183 embassies
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Belgium
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Most paid vacation days
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53
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Iran
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Latest to name its highest peak after a U.S. president
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Mount Obama, 2009
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Highest average elevation
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3,280 m
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Bhutan
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Lowest average elevation
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1.8 m
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Maldives
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Produces the biggest dump truck
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BelAZ-75710, 360,000 kg
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Belarus
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Least reliant on tourism
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0.66% of GDP
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D.R. Congo
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Highest natural disaster risk
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36.28%
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Vanuatu
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Smallest to have a New7Wonder
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Petra
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Jordan
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Most train rides per capita
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2,431 km on train every year
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Switzerland
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Most Eurovision Song Contest wins
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7
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Ireland
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Most women in relation to each man
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1.16 women per man
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Djibouti
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Biggest oil production per capita
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261.7 barrels / person
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Kuwait
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Best-paid tennis player
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Novak Djokovic, $125,772,589
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Serbia
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Heaviest building
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Palace of the Parliament, 4,517,822 tons
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Romania
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Youngest median age (Europe)
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29.1 years
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Kosovo
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Youngest median age (Americas)
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22.1 years
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Guatemala
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Youngest median age (overall)
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15.4 years
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Niger
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Least carbon dioxide emissions per capita
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0.5 t
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Nigeria
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Last dodo
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1662
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Mauritius
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Lowest gender equality
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0.516 out of 1
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Yemen
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Most murders
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83 per 100,000 people
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El Salvador
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Freest press in Africa
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Rank 48 (Freedom of the Press Report)
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Cape Verde
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Only country to contain - LOVE
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P.S. even their capital means "the loved one"
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Slovenia
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First Carlsberg brewery outside Denmark
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1968
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Malawi
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Richest African country per capita
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$34,865 (IMF)
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Equatorial Guinea
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Most Kabiyé speakers
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c. 700,000
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Togo
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Largest single drop waterfall
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Kaieteur, 660m3/s
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Guyana
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Largest natural deposit of asphalt
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Pitch Lake, 10 million t
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Least prisoners
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10
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Liechtenstein
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Oldest continuously used flag
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since 1625
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Denmark
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Most dangerous to drive
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73.4 accidents per 100,000 people
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Libya
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Most dense bunkers
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5.7 bunkers / sq km
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Albania
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Deepest European canyon
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Tara River Canyon, 1300 m
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Montenegro
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Least renewable water resources
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0.02 km3
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Smallest to have land on the antimeridian
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18,274 km2
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Fiji
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Highest percentage of Buddhists
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96.9%
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Cambodia
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Most tourists per capita in Africa
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1,933 per 1,000 people
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Seychelles
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Longest-ruling president
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Paul Biya, since 1975
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Cameroon
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First New World country reached by Columbus
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21 October 1492
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Bahamas
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Biggest to have a state religion
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2,381,741km2
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Algeria
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Largest ship registry
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222 GRT
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Panama
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Highest spending on education
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14.6% of GDP
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Marshall Islands
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Most famous blue hole
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Great Blue Hole
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Belize
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Africa's first and oldest republic
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1847
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Liberia
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First successful slave uprising
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1791 - 1804
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Haiti
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Only country to have a non-rectangular flag
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Nepal
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However, for a few countries (mainly in Africa) I couldn't find 'worldwide' superlatives, but only 'continental' superlatives. Furthermore, I had to use the world"only" for a few countries but I was hoping I would not have to.
If you know any other superlative that would replace one of the above-mentioned countries, let me know :)
I did the whole time out, but only got at the 83th country superlative (i got 65/196).
Also, needs more time!