Australia has had stamps that actually look like gems. In 1995 and 1996 they used a special technology to make the stamps look like diamonds and opals.

Approximately one out of every 55 women from Canada give birth in their car on the way to the hospital or clinic.

The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed.

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