2 S is also the capital of Spain. That's because S is the capital letter for Spain and Madrid is the capital city.
3 The world famous Spanish Riding School isn't in Madrid. It's in another capital city: Vienna.
4 If you add an S to the front of Madrid you get Smadrid, which roughly translated into Russian means "Look".
5 If you change the M to an H and change the D to a G, you get Hagrid, who was a character in the Harry Potter series of films.
6 There are more single women in Madrid (population 3.1 million) than in the whole of Wales (population 3.0 million).
7 Real Madrid are a football team. Surprisingly, they aren't based in Vienna. They are, in fact, based in Madrid.
8 Madrid lies further north than New York city.
9 Madrid only has an average of 63 days of precipitation per year with an average annual rainfall of just 436mm. This is despite Madrid being situated on the plain in Spain.
10 Real Madrid are so called to underline the fact that they are real, unlike Hagrid who is a fictitious made-up character.
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1 Madrid is the capital of Spain.
2 S is also the capital of Spain. That's because S is the capital letter for Spain and Madrid is the capital city.
3 The world famous Spanish Riding School isn't in Madrid. It's in another capital city: Vienna.
4 If you add an S to the front of Madrid you get Smadrid, which roughly translated into Russian means "Look".
5 If you change the M to an H and change the D to a G, you get Hagrid, who was a character in the Harry Potter series of films.
6 There are more single women in Madrid (population 3.1 million) than in the whole of Wales (population 3.0 million).
7 Real Madrid are a football team. Surprisingly, they aren't based in Vienna. They are, in fact, based in Madrid.
8 Madrid lies further north than New York city.
9 Madrid only has an average of 63 days of precipitation per year with an average annual rainfall of just 436mm. This is despite Madrid being situated on the plain in Spain.
10 Real Madrid are so called to underline the fact that they are real, unlike Hagrid who is a fictitious made-up character.