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TIL about the landlocked Kingdom of Sikkim, a hereditary monarchy nestled between Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal and India. It's last Queen was San Francisco socialite, Hope Cooke. Lasting from 1642 it ceased to exist in 1975.

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