http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/08/how-i-learned-international-relations/45783/ Weird, wacky stuff. I used to be a serious geography nerd, but the last time I went head-to-head on world capitals I was taken to school by a true master who nailed me with something like a Togo-Zambia one-two punch at which point I had to concede that I was past my prime and since then I've only grown rustier.
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