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[thDoctorWhoovez]

0:52 The 2 countries that have X on their names are Luxembourg and Mexico.

[lecmanuel]

Fun fact: Peru is the only country you can type using only one line of the keyboard.

[nongthip]

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[thDoctorWhoovez]

5:21 Fun fact, although it is not a country name, "Nauruan" is actually a palindrome.

[clothmanz]

5:51 I really hope Nigeria and Germany never go against each other in Football

[AdityaVeeravalliOfficial]

The two countries which have the letter X are Mexico and Luxembourg.

[ArtUniverse]

Austria derives its name from the German word "ost", meaning east, while Australia comes from the Latin "auster", meaning south.
So despite sounding very similar, the names of these countries are derived from two different cardinal directions.

[pobelix]

This Swe - Den thing is quite funny. :)
Good thing there wasn't (as far as I know) a match between Nigeria and Germany. It could've caused some problems with shortening those countries' names the usual way and display it on TV.

[Uditsahu]

Russia has 6 letters in it and an area of about 17.1 million sq. kilometres.
So it makes russia the country with the highest area/letter ratio at 2.83 million km

[mariojoao]

0:57
The two contries which have "x" in their names are Luxemburg and Mexico.

[shiyang]

Also for countries with similar names, check out The Commonwealth of Dominic and The Republic of Dominica, both located in the Caribbean area

[MaxBurns-xoio]

Thailand's capital is actually the longest name for a capital city. No, Bangkok is a short version of a 168 letter name.

[dimitrosskrippka]

I worried that San Salvador was missed from list of capitals having same names as countries, but it indeed technically doesn’t contain El Salvador

[Bluelock_worshipper]

Wow! This vodeo is so underrated (for now). Loved this video.

[alexroberts]

Should have mentioned Slovakia and slovenia in the part on simarlarly spelt countries. Not only do they differ by two letters, but both are members of NATO and the EU, both use the Euro as their currency and bot have red, white and blue in their flags 🇸🇰 🇸🇮

[GuyCalledSeek]

The two countries with the letter X is Mexico and Luxembourg .

[potatoespotatos]

On number 7: you forgot about Brazil's (spelled Brasil in Portuguese) capital, Brasilia :D

[sammycool]

Peru and Fiji are two countries whose capitals are also 4 letters

Capitals which contain their country names should include El Salvador/San Salvador

[lennydowntown]

Luxembourg and Mexico both have the letter X in their name.

[tldr]

The guinea pig is not originated in either of the Guineas, but named after it´s price in early modern english - 1 Guinea, the coin that was named after the Region - western Africa - where the used gold was mined.