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Out Of The Cold

As it turned out, the cowshed was used by the family members for bathing purposes because it happened to be by far the warmest area in the whole house!

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A Troubled Genius

Unsurprisingly, whatever city was named by one side, was immediately rejected by the other - and it started to look like the match would take place on the Moon, or not at all. That was when Iceland, in shape and form of its capital, came forward

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Seasonal Magic

In this case, the reaction in question created a whole new phenomenon - a “holiday season” full of iMAGICnation.

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A Friendly Recluse

Icelandic friendliness is in plain sight, and it must be the noun of this article title that is responsible for it, first and foremost.

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Up In Smoke

Such was the power of its explosion that it threw the two continents into a time machine and left them as endlessly remote from each other as they had been more than a millennium ago...

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A Streaming Service

While the above examples and interesting and informative, there is nothing unusual about them - unlike about the countries whose names aren't just slightly misleading but the direct opposites of what the countries actually are!

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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

As time went by, advancing modernity, combined with inherent variety, kept adding to Gibraltar's quaintness.

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Pillars of Strength

Heracles decided to commemorate his success - so, he broke the mountain that connected Africa and Europe, thus creating two huge pillars seen from far and wide. The Rock of Gibraltar is one of those pillars

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Hard Rock

Ever since, “Tariq's Mountain” has been anything but regular - and never failing to challenge or surprise in most aspects of one's daily life.