The Countdown to Hallowimzy: Seventeen Days

17 things you didn't know about Lesotho, to mark its independence day

Yes, it's happy birthday to Lesotho, which reaches a half-century of independence today, having shrugged off Britain's colonial overcoat on October 4 1966. In other words, it has been a sovereign state since just after England won the World Cup. Neither England nor Lesotho has seized football's big prize since.

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"What better way to celebrate
Seventeen days left in the countdown
Than learning about little known
Nations of the world."

– Ancient Hallowimzy Proverb