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The Tashkent subway system was opened in 1977.   From then up until June 2018, it was illegal for anyone to take a photograph of the subway. Chandeliers, marbled surface, a tribute to the first woman into space, and much more help to make this subway system quite stunning.   Notes: Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-tashkent-uzbekistan-subway-beautiful-illegal-photograph-until-last-year-2019-7 Escape https://www.escape.com.au/destinations/asia/inside-the-most-beautiful-train-stations-in-the-world-in-tashkent-uzbekistan/news-story/483a9c5f5d091541396ff114fa1c544a The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2018/aug/24/uzbekistan-secret-underground-tashkent-metro-in-pictures  

Uruguay has the most bars of music in the world, in its National Anthem.   It has 105 bars of music.

The United States of America is the number one producer of oil in the world.   It has held this position for the past six years. Notes: USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/03/06/56-most-amazing-things-about-america-today/41212433/ EIA https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=709&t=6 IG https://www.ig.com/en/trading-strategies/world-s-biggest-oil-producers-200722

I will confess that for many years, I thought that the name the United Kingdom (U.K) was another name for the country, England.   I did not know that the U.K was the country and that it is made up of the countries England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales, whereas Britain is England and Wales. London is the capital of the United Kingdom and England.

Seven states make up the United Arab Emirates, and they are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Sharjah. In Dubai, married or not, one can be jail for public display of affection such as kissing. Additionally, unmarried couples are not allowed to live in a “common-law union” or share a room throughout the nation. Visitors to the country are encouraged to learn a bit about the local customs before visiting. Note: Express https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1099215/dubai-united-arab-emirates-use-rules-kissing-in-public-jail#:~:text=The%20Dubai%20code%20states%3A%20%E2%80%9CHolding,punished%20by%20imprisonment%20or%20deportation.%E2%80%9D

The Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) is the currency of Ukraine, and it came out in September of 1996.   It is a close currency, meaning that it will be difficult to purchase outside of the country.  

Bobi Wine (Robert Kyagulanyi) ran against the sitting President, Yoweri Museveni , in the 14th January 2012 general election.   The results are due within two days.   However, earlier this month, Facebook confirmed taking down many accounts that supported the National Resistance Movement (NRM).   It is Yoweri Museveni’s party.   The seventy-six-year-old has been in power for almost thirty-five years. Then, on the 12th of the month, the sitting president placed a ban on all social media platforms and messaging apps.   These include Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Whatsapp. The president stated, “If you want to take sides against the NRM, then that group should not operate in Uganda. We cannot tolerate this arrogance of anybody coming to decide for us who is good and who is bad.” Update Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the election on the 16 th of January.

As of today, Turkmenistan reported no confirmed case of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), and of course, no deaths from it as well.

About three percent(3%) of Turkey is located in Europe, while the rest of the country is in Asia.   Presently, it is not a part of the European Union (EU).   However, they are working to change this. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, but it is not the country’s capital.   Its capital is Ankara.

In 2014, the first democratic president was elected in Tunisia, and the second one was elected in 2019.   Nevertheless, these were not the first and second presidents of the country.

In 2018, Trinidad and Tobago exported items worth $476M to Spain, $484M to Peru, $630M to Chile, $707M to Guyana, and 3.36B to the U.S.

Tonga has one hundred and sixty-nine islands, and thirty-six of them are populated.   One of the islands, Alta, was once inhabited.   In 1863 about three hundred and fifty people lived there, but over one hundred of them were kidnapped in that year!   After finding out about the kidnapping, the king at that time relocated the remaining people. Additionally, in 1965, six teenagers from Ha’afeva island ran away from their school and boarded a stolen ship.   They were shipped wrecked, but they manage to make their way to uninhabited Alta.   People thought they perished in the waters, but about fifteen months later, they were rescued by a “passing” ship.