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TIL Liechtenstein is so small Switzerland has invaded it 3 times by mistake. On one occasion the Swiss started a forest fire when they misfired a rocket in bad weather. Another time Swiss cadets stumbled into a Liechtenstein village and they didn’t find out until the Swiss formally apologized.

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