For the premiere of the movie The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey, New Zealand delivered the weather forecast in Elvish language with the presenter dressed as an Elf!

Almaty was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 1997. From 1998, the capital was Astana before its name was changed to Nur Sultan in 2019. The city is re-named after Kazakhstan's former president Nursultan Nazarbayev

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The flags of Romania and Chad are identical except that the shades in Chad's flag are slightly darker. There have been international discussions on this with Chad asking the United Nations to look into this matter but nothing has come out of it.

The statue is Christ the King in Lisbon, Portugal which in turn is inspired from Christ the Redeemer in Rio, Brazil

Every 6 months, France and Spain meet on Pheasant island to hand over the administration to the other country. The exchange has been going on since 1659 when a treaty was signed between the two countries

This monument is Al-Khazneh or The Treasury in Petra. Its called the treasury since the locals believed it contained treasures or khazana

This famous sweet is the Turkish Delight which are cubes of jelly that comes in various flavours. Visit https://www.hacibekir.com/ and https://www.hafizmustafa.com/ for some Turkish delight cravings!

The city in the picture is Matera, a city in Italy which is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and known for its cave dwellings. Due to extreme poverty and poor sanitation, the complete population was relocated to another city in 1952 and Matera remained uninhabited till 1980's. Today, its a popular tourist destination!

This is the Peyto Lake in Canada. Its unreal blue color is due to the particles that are released from a glacier into the lake.