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Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the world, with an estimated 30% of cluster bombs remaining unexploded.

Cat Island exists because fishermen needed cats to combat mice on their fishing boats.

Japanese people rarely leave rubbish on the streets. As a result, Japan doesn't need janitors.

Turkmenistan holds the Guinness World Record for the largest indoor Ferris wheel in an architectural structure.

In India flying a kite is illegal under a 1934 law, which class kites as an aircraft.

Did you know that food in Phuket is generally spicier than food in the rest of Thailand?

The Petra World Heritage Site has ruins, tombs and structures dating as far back as 300 B.C.

The smallest country in the world only has a population of 800. Only 450 of them have actual citizenship.

The Great Wall of China snakes through many provinces of China, including the famed capital, Beijing.

Even though there are over 200 islands of the Maldives, there is only one hotel that most people stay at.

The Museum of Toilets in New Delhi is home to hundreds of toilet-related paraphernalia, dating from the year 2500 BC.

Off the coast of a small town in Japan, is an underwater post-box. It is an actual collection point within Susami's postal system.

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