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

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Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works
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Australia Austria

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cmbabul@lemmy.world
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Georgia Georgia

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ZeroCool@feddit.ch
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Both named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).

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Ignacio@kbin.social
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Wait, weren’t they named in honour of George the Curious?

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Skua@kbin.social
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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

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tal@lemmy.today
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Slovenia Slovakia

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Skua@kbin.social
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Previously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course

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mx_smith@lemmy.world
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Niger and Nigeria

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Ignacio@kbin.social
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One region of Spain is called Asturias. Did I make your brain melt?

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tal@lemmy.today
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Another region of Spain bordering Asturias is called Galicia, not to be confused with Galicia.

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Ignacio@kbin.social
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And people shouldn’t confuse Murcia with “Murica” :P

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