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Taiwan was known formerly as -----------------?

The standard single oar used by gondoliers in ------------ is 14 feet long.?

--------------- has 254 counties. Alaska, which is more than twice as large, hasn't any.?

------------ means "land of the free."?

Japan consists of the four large islands of Hokkaido, ----------, Shikoku, Kyushu, and about three thousand smaller islands.?