Until 2013 buildings in South Korea were assigned addresses in the order they were built. Therefore, buildings next to each other would often have wildly different addresses.

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How Do Countries Choose Their Capital Cities?

London, England. Tokyo, Japan. Buenos Aires, Argentina. They all make our lists of places to visit, and they’re also national capitals—each city being the seat of its country’s government. But how are capital cities chosen, anyway? Location is often key. Many countries choose a geographically