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Congrats to #FRA & #CRO, the 2018 #WorldCup Finalists! Follow along during the game as we “pass” along some fun facts from of our#CIAWorldFactBook.

Check out our World Cup special one pagers found under each competing country’s Introduction:
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Croatia made its first #WorldCup appearance in 1998 where they came in third. 2018 marks their 5th appearance.

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Competing 15 times since the first #WorldCup in 1930, #FRA won in 1998.

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Congrats to the 2018 #WorldCup Semi Finalists! Follow along during the games as we “pass” along some fun facts out of our #CIAWorldFactBook about each country.

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England is the largest country in Great Britain & the UK, & the only team in the World Cup Semi-Finals ruled by a queen.

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Croatia is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia & Herzegovina, & Slovenia. It is geographically diverse with flat pains, low mountains & highlands, & coastlines.

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Congrats to the 2018 #WorldCup Semi Finalists! Follow along during the games as we “pass” along some fun facts out of our #CIAWorldFactBook about each country.

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France, the largest Western European nation, is slightly more than four times the size of the state of Georgia or slightly less than the size of Texas.

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 & is located in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France & the Netherlands

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Russia has made 11 #WorldCup appearances since first entering in 1958 (as USSR). They did come in fourth in 1966.

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Croatia made its first #WorldCup appearance in 1998 where they came in third. 2018 marks their 5th appearance.

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Russia is the largest country in the world & its Kamchatka Peninsula is home to some 29 historically active volcanoes.

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Congrats to the 2018 #WorldCup Quarter Finalists!
Follow along during the games as we “pass” along some fun facts out of our #CIAWorldFactBook about each country.
Check out our #WorldCup special one pagers found under each competing country’s Introduction:
1.usa.gov/1pR2mzT
England has participated in 15 #WorldCup tournaments, first making an appearance in 1950.
The #threelions won in 1966.

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Most Swedes live in the south where climate is milder & there's better connectivity to mainland Europe, though population clusters are found along the Baltic coast too.
Bonus fact: Sweden has almost 100,000 lakes!

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Congrats to the 2018 #WorldCup Quarter Finalists!
Follow along during the games as we “pass” along some fun facts out of our #CIAWorldFactBook about each country.
Check out our #WorldCup special one pagers found under each competing country’s Introduction: 1.usa.gov/1pR2mzT
The Belgium Red Devils have appeared in 13 of 21 #WorldCup tournaments, but have yet to win. They did come in fourth in 1986.

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Brazil has the largest population of all the countries playing in the #WorldCup Quarter-Finals (they have the 5th largest population in the entire world) & their official language is Portuguese.

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Congrats to the 2018 #WorldCup Quarter Finalists!
Follow along during the games as we “pass” along some fun facts out of our #CIAWorldFactBook about each country.
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-Most of Uruguay's population resides in the southern half of the country
-approximately 80% of the populace is urban, living in towns or cities
-nearly half of the population lives in & around the capital of Montevideo

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Competing 15 times since the first #WorldCup in 1930, France’s first, & so far only, win came in 1998.

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#KOS
Kosovo’s name is derived from the Serbian word for this bird, kos.

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Answer: blackbird!
Bonus info: Kosovo has one of only two national flags that uses a map as a design element. The flag of Cyprus is the other.

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