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Monday, 9 November 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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Cuba
In 1934, the family business Jose Arechabala created the brand Havana Club.
The government of Fidel Castro nationalized the company, and years later, its rums became famous all over the world. Today, a bottle of Havana Club can be found in almost every Cuban home.
Switzerland
Switzerland is a democratic and parliamentary federation where direct democracy (referendums) is widely used.
The position of the parliament and cantonal authorities is particularly strong there - such a system ...
Mauritius
Mauritius is an upland island with altitudes ranging from 300 to 800 meters above sea level.
The terrain rises from the coastal plains to the central plateau, where it reaches an altitude of 67 ...
Uganda
In Uganda there are mostly oxisols, only in the river valleys there are gley soils, called gleysols.
Oxisols are characteristic of the tropical equatorial and subequatorial climate zones, and such a cl ...
Vatican City
There are a number of extraterritorial properties of the Holy See that are not part of Vatican territory.
These include areas immediately adjacent to state territory, such as the Palazzo San Pio X, Campo Sa ...
Ireland
At the end of the 15th century, the Tudors initiated actions to strengthen the central English authority over Ireland.
Henry VIII imposed royal authority on the Church of Ireland (in place of the papacy), and in 1541, h ...
Russia
The Volga is the longest river in Europe.
It is 3,531 kilometers long.
Brazil
The capital of the Portuguese colony until 1763 was Salvador, a city in eastern Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean.
The city was founded on the site where Amerigo Vespucci came ashore in 1501. Salvador was founded in ...
Japan
The living area of Japanese households requires the removal of shoes.
Typically, a household contains space with lower flooring to indicate the place to remove the footwear before entering the living space.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a highland and mountainous country, lowland areas, mainly in the form of river valleys and depressions, occupy 24%. Upland areas (300-800 m above sea level) cover 72% of the country's area, and mountains only 4%.
In the west of the country, there is the Bohemian Massif, which is a quadrangular block with raised ...