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Let's make this topic more general one, to post interesting links (that don't fit in the politics/science/religion/etc. stuff of Discussions).
I've been lately enjoying Listverse.com
Who doesn't like Top 10 lists?
Also, hurray Finland:
10 Forgotten War Leaders Who Saved Entire Nations
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Sep/7/2014, 15:43
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Here's a term I didn't know:
Macaronesia
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Nov/29/2014, 21:05
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some of the great
Lost films
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Dec/17/2014, 18:45
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Do you know who was Jeanne Barret/Baré?
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Apr/16/2015, 14:17
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Märket
The westernmost land point of Finland and arguably the smallest sea island shared by two countries.
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10 Fantastic Firsts In Film
...including the first cat video. Cool movie history there.
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Oct/3/2015, 17:18
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Even if you're not interested in football (or sports in general), this is worth a look.
FIFA has about 210 members - approximately as many as there are independent countries. Here are the football associations - essentially "national teams" - that aren't among those:
Confederation of Independent Football Associations
They've played their own World Cup 2014 and 2016. Those were won by County of Nice and Abkhazia.
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Today's featured article of Wikipedia is rather interesting
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a quick history lesson:
10 European Countries That No Longer Exist
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Paris-Bordeaux-Paris
So called "first motor race", back in 1895 was an over thousand kilometer trip that last over two days.
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