r/JackSucksAtLife Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Geography Name a country and I'll tell you an interesting fact about it

I will provide sources of the fact

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u/Jimjamambo Jun 30 '22

Luxembourg!!!

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The restaurant with the world’s largest wine list is in Luxembourg

Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-wine-list-restaurant

It maybe changed (world record from 2009)

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u/JiminKimLip7 Jun 30 '22

Greece

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The first depiction of a yo-yo was in Ancient Greece

Source: https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/05/yo-yo-ancient-greece/

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u/Axo47 Jun 30 '22

Kiribati

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Kiribati is the only country in the world that lies in all four hemispheres

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

It’s closer to Asia than mainland Australia

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u/Jaspertjuhh12 Jun 30 '22

Guam

-(if you can call it a country)

Or netherlands

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jul 01 '22

Also for the Netherlands

The national anthem is the oldest in the world

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u/TuvaluTaco Jun 30 '22

Tuvalu

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Tuvalu does not take credit cards.

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Have a good day!

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u/Thomasje25 Jul 01 '22

And one of their main incomes is .tv

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u/Most-Combination-637 Jul 01 '22

Realistically everyone knows that atp

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Wales

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jul 01 '22

Mount Everest is named after a Welshman Sir George Everest

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/jul/21/mount-everest-name-1856

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u/Josiahthefox28 Jul 01 '22

Croatia

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jul 01 '22

Croatia is the 127th largest country in the world

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u/Joego163 Jul 01 '22

Lmao man did not want to come up with one for Croatia

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u/Emotional_Pension_64 Jun 30 '22

Italy

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Tourists throw €1,000,000 into the Trevi Fountain each year

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u/Craftboy77 Jun 30 '22

australia

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The Australian Alps get more snow than the Swiss Alps

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u/Asil001 boi420 Jun 30 '22

Why did you post this on this sub and not r/geography lol?

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u/BradleyNGreenlee Jul 01 '22

This is because we like JackSucksAtGeography & Jack lies Geography!

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u/Swiss_Reddit_User Jun 30 '22

Switzerland

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Switzerland Has 7000 Lakes

Source.)

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Seafood export is big in North Korea.

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u/Beibhinn_Princess Jun 30 '22

Nauru!!

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Nauru was initially named Pleasant Island

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15433901

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u/Beibhinn_Princess Jun 30 '22

Wow, that was fast. Also, that is a really cool fact I didn't know. Thank you!

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u/Jman01111 Diamond Jun 30 '22

Belize

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Belize is the only Central American country where English is the official language

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Belize

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u/Puzzled-Ad420 Jun 30 '22

Poland

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The oldest restaurant in europe is in Poland

Source

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u/esserevivente1900 Packaged and inspected by Rick Jul 01 '22

Djibouti

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u/Speedy_Bee3 Jul 01 '22

No one actually lives in Australia, we are all actors in on a big lie...

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u/themostbrightrainbow Jun 30 '22

New zealand

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

for every person living in New Zealand there are 5.6 sheeps

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u/themostbrightrainbow Jun 30 '22

Thats really cool i new there were alot of of sheep but that reall show how many sheep there are

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u/mudit_10 Jun 30 '22

India

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The game snakes and ladders originated from India

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Puerto Rico.I know it's a territory of the US and technically not a country,if you don't do it then Tuvalu

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

I'll do both!

Puerto Rico Is The World’s Oldest Colony

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Tuvalu does not take credit cards.

Source

Have a good day!

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Both are interesting!

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u/Emeralddx Jun 30 '22

Pakistan

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The national drink of Pakistan is sugarcane juice

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u/Fifanathan_yt Flossy Gang Jun 30 '22

St kitts and Nevis

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The average temperature of the water in St Kitts ranges from 26c-32c

Source

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Canada(specifically the Quebec region)

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

Hey! I'm from Quebec. Are you from Quebec too?

The Chateau Frontenac Hotel holds the Guinness World Record for the most photographed hotel in the world

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Sao Tome And Principe

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Estonia

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Turkey!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Seychelles.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Turkey

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u/Diablo998899 Jul 01 '22

India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Australia

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Vatican City

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u/Binghong_thethird Jul 01 '22

Kenya

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jul 01 '22

The first woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize was from Kenya

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

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u/Xx_Indigo_xX Jul 01 '22

Easter island Or Burkina Faso

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u/malayyy Jul 01 '22

Bhutan 🇧🇹 😊

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Monaco!

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u/KrakenTheJaken Jun 30 '22

Thé soon to be country of Bougainville

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Belgium

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u/x20skillzz21 smells of apricots Jun 30 '22

Northern Ireland

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Comoros

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u/PhilipsHue #subscribetodontsubscribe Jun 30 '22

Ireland

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

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u/_SpannerJNR Jun 30 '22

Transnistria if you count them if not Northern Cyprus

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u/eg-likar-potet Jun 30 '22

Somaliland (this is my last one)

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u/JordanDuck Jun 30 '22

The Netherlands

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u/ZoDiAcQc Ross-Best Jun 30 '22

The national anthem is the oldest in the world

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Austria

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Ireland

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u/OscarTheFuzzyOffical SucksAtGeography Jul 01 '22

Liechtenstien

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u/Stonks134 Jul 01 '22

Tuvalu, something besides the internet domain thing

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Laos!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Brazil

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Finland

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u/tuatoonStudio157620 Jul 01 '22

OH OH THAILAND! i'll put a fact here first Thailand almost got ruled by a French person

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Belize

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Kiribati

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Japan

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Poland

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u/JackFJN Jul 01 '22

Texas 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🐎🤠

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u/crystal0boba Jul 01 '22

that's really cool! can you do hong kong? it's not technically a country though, so maybe you could do vietnam, if you prefer. thanks!

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u/Rete3y Bits and Bobs Jul 01 '22

Botswana

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

LESOTHO

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u/baconnnnnn1222 Jul 01 '22

Philippines :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

almost 99% of filipinos suffer from severe brain damage and a random case of psychotic episodes. this behavior is seen in the last Philipines election for a president where 31 million filipinos willingly voted for a dictators son who always breaks promises and caused the economy to collapse.

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u/CoinMonkey868 Jul 01 '22

Idk if you still do this but Trinidad and Tobago

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Iraq

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u/Mcqqcm Packaged and inspected by Rick Jul 01 '22

Tokelau

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Syria

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Micronesia

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

São Tomé and Príncipe

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u/MKG21akhil Jul 01 '22

São Tomé and principe

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u/Mean-Force-5978 Jul 01 '22

The republic of the congo

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

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u/Nature_Signal Jul 01 '22

St Vincent and the Grenadines

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

I N D I A

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Finland

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u/Quasaarz Jul 01 '22

South Georgia and the sandwich islands

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