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Saturday, 5 September 2026
37 facts about Slovakia
37 facts about Slovakia
A land of castles and palaces
Slovakia is a small landlocked country that was established in its present form after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It is one of the countri ...

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Faroe Islands
There are almost twice as many sheep as people in the Faroe Islands.
The number of sheep in the archipelago is strictly regulated by regulations dating back to the 13th ...
Argentina
The capital of Argentina, and at the same time its largest city, is Buenos Aires.
It is also one of the biggest cities in South America.
Portugal
Portugal has the fifth largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in Europe, the third largest in the European Union, and the twentieth largest in the world.
This is a maritime zone in which the Portuguese have special rights to explore and exploit marine resources. It covers 1.727.408 square kilometers.
Peru
In the eastern foothills of the Andes, there are cultivations of the Erythroxylum coca, also known as Coca.
This shrub occurs only in cultivation. Coca leaves contain cocaine in the amount of 0.25-1.3% and ar ...
Republic of South Africa
South Africa, South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa.
To the south, the country is bounded by 2798 km of coastline stretching along the South Atlantic and ...
Portugal
Portugal concluded a military alliance with England, which is considered the oldest alliance still in force in the world.
This alliance was ratified in the Treaty of Windsor in 1386. Since the signing of the treaty, the Ki ...
Uganda
Uganda's tropical climate is characterized by two dry seasons (December to February and June to August).
The north-east of the country is semi-arid.
Slovakia
In the birthplace of Janosik, in the village of Terchova, in the north-west of Slovakia, the inhabitants immortalized the figure of their hero in a monumental sculpture.
On a green hill above the road to the Vrátna Valley in Little Fatra stands the Janosik Monument made ...
Germany
The earliest published magazine was German “Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen”.
It was a philosophy periodical, published in 1663.
Singapore
Possession of drugs is punishable by death.
Smoking in public is strictly forbidden. Only open packs of cigarettes can be brought into the country.