71. Agra, India

Home of the Taj Mahal, a popular meeting place for rhesus monkeys. Originally two Taj Mahals were planned for opposite sides of the Yamuna river, the second made out of black marble, but funds ran out.

70. Baltimore, United States

Formerly the US's biggest producer of umbrellas and straw hats, and home of the world's largest annual My Little Pony convention. Less cheerfully it also has the US's 2nd highest murder rate.

69. Riga, Latvia

In the 17th century, the Latvian Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was one of the world's smallest colonial powers. It established the first settlement in Banjul, now capital of Gambia, and several failed colonies in Trinidad and Tobago.

68. Saint Lucia

Home of two Nobel laureates, and the smallest country to have produced even one. Between 1979 and 1992, the island received as many Nobels as China.

67. Bratislava, Slovakia

 

The only capital bordering two other countries (Austria and Hungary). The world's oldest-known emoji, a neutral face, appeared in a Slovakian document from 1635 alongside a drawing of a clown's hand. The 'clown's hand' emoji is yet to catch on. 😐

66. Dolceacqua, Italy

A medieval village with a picturesque bridge. Besides tourism, olive-growing is a major component of the local economy. In Judaism, an olive is a unit for measuring volume. Consuming anything smaller is not considered eating, allowing a 'cheat' from normal kosher restrictions (and rabbinical Weight Watchers).

65. Egypt

Home of the camel since 525 BCE. Camels are responsible for a dispute over the world's only inhabitable unclaimed land. According to an 1899 boundary set by the British, the Bir Tawil region was part of Sudan. However, a 1902 map placed it in Egypt as their nomads used it for camel grazing. In exchange, the much more valuable Hala'ib Triangle was transferred to Sudan. Both Egypt and Sudan have backed their preferred map ever since, leaving Bir Tawil unclaimed.

64. Minsk, Belarus

From the Galileo Mall in Minsk. The first country in Europe to introduce colour television. Belarus has the highest population of European bison (Europe's largest land animal), and is the world's third biggest butter exporter. The butter does not come from bison.