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Seoul, capital of this country, is the closest city to Pyongyang, North Korea.
What is South Korea?
Guinness is arguably this nation’s most recognizable beverage. When Arthur Guinness signed the lease for the brewery’s St. James Gate property in 1759, it was for 9,000 years at £45 per month.
What is Ireland?
The 49th parallel marks this country's souther border. At 5,525 miles long, it’s the world’s longest unprotected border.
What is Canada?
This country was (is?) home to two famous Nobel Peace Prize winners: Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
What is South Africa?
This European nation is the most visited country in the world with 89 million annual tourists.
What is France?
Built in 1410, the world’s oldest astronomical clock still in operation resides in Prague, the capital of this European country.
What is the Czech Republic?
Bread was invented in this African nation around 8,000 BC. The first examples of it were flat and unleavened, most closely resembling what we know today as chapatis in India or tortillas in Latin America.
What is Egypt?
This country shares a border with 16 other countries.
What is Russia?
Rihanna was born and raised in this country.
What is Barbados?
Mecca, the holiest Islamic city, is located in this Middle East country. All Muslims are encouraged to visit it at least once, and because of its holy status, only Muslims are allowed to enter.
What is Saudi Arabia?
North of this country's capital Lisbon, you'll find the world's largest rideable waves in Nazare. The largest one was 80 feet (24 meters) in height
What is Portugal?
This ancient Balkan nation claims to have accidentally created yogurt some 4,000 years ago. The main fermentation bacteria in yogurt is names lactobacillus bulgaricus, after this country.
What is Bulgaria?
This is the only country in Central America that doesn’t have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
What is El Salvador?
This country is the birthplace of chess, buttons, shampoo, and cataract surgery.
What is India?
This Southeast Asian country is the world’s largest island nation, but no one knows exactly how many islands it contains. The country attempted to count them all in 2017, but several differing figures still exist.
What is Indonesia?
Mount Qasioun, which overlooks the capital of Damascus in this Middle Eastern country, is said to be where Cain killed Abel with a rock before carrying his body on his shoulders for centuries.
What is Syria?
This Central American country is the birthplace of chocolate, with ancient Mayans worshipping the cacao tree.
What is Guatemala?
From the top of this Central American country’s highest point, Volcan Baru, you can watch the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean and set over the Atlantic Ocean on the same day.
What is Panama?
The ancient human skeleton ever was unearthed in this East African country, and the fossil was named Lucy after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."
What is Ethiopia?
This Caribbean country won its revolutionary war in 1804, making it the first country to be founded by former slaves.
What is Haiti?
Bratislava, the capital of this European nation, is the only capital in the world that borders two other countries, Austria and Hungary.
What is Slovakia?
It is believed that this country invented ice cream more than 4,000 years ago by mixing a milk and rice mixture with the snow.
What is China?
Just north of the Caribbean Sea and just east of Florida lies the chain of hundreds of islands that make up this country. And although it is located along the Tropic of Cancer, it has snowed once in recorded history.
What is the Bahamas?
Freddie Mercury of the band Queen was born in Zanzibar while it was a British protectorate. The East African island is now part of this country.
What is Tanzania?
Although most people from these 2 South American countries are Catholic, they still hold many indigenous beliefs, such as sacrificing llamas to the goddess of the Earth, Pachamama.
What is Bolivia? What is Peru?