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Europe @feddit.de CAVOK @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Sweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerland

www.euronews.com Sweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerland

Every year, 120,000 people ask Google whether they are the same country.

Sweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerland

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Australia Austria
- Georgia Georgia
  
  Both named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).
  
  Wait, weren't they named in honour of George the Curious?
  
  Georgia was, but not Georgia.
  
  Hey buddy, it's pronounced 'Jeorjia'.
  
  Georgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe
  
  Slovenia Slovakia
  
  Previously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course
  
  Niger and Nigeria
- One region of Spain is called Asturias. Did I make your brain melt?
  
  Another region of Spain bordering Asturias is called Galicia, not to be confused with Galicia.
  
  And people shouldn't confuse Murcia with "Murica" :P

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