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No-one I've mentioned it to is as interested as I am in my fact about Croatia not existing the last time England reached a World Cup semi-final. It's only me that finds the idea of new nations coming into being during my lifetime mind-blowing.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Countries that didn't exist when I was born: Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Namibia, Yemen, Germany (?!), the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Czechia, Eritrea, Palau, Timor-Leste, Kosovo, South Sudan...On Internet Archive
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And a load of former Soviet countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.Permalink On Internet Archive