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| The Mini Moke used to be the official transport for the police in Macau. |
| England's first great industry was wool. Its export had become the nation's largest source of income by the late Middle Ages. |
| The Republic of San Marino is the world's smallest republic (24 sq. miles) and possibly the oldest state in Europe (founded 4th century AD, according to tradition.) |
| In Eastern Africa you can buy banana beer. This beer is brewed from bananas. |
| Colorado is one of only two states in the United States in which ALL the water the state has FLOWS OUT of the state; NONE Flows in! (the other is Hawaii). |
| In England up until the 1950s attempted suicide was a capital offense. |
| Tokyo has had 24 recorded instances of people either killed or receiving serious skull fractures while bowing to each other with the traditional Japanese greeting. |
| Less than one per cent of the 500 Chinese cities have clean air, respiratory disease is China's leading cause of death. |
| State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska. |
| City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong. |
| The principality of Monaco consists of 370 acres. |
| Florida's beaches lose 20 million cubic yards of sand annually. |
| Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. |
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