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Sunday, 12 April 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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Sri Lanka
The Republic of Sri Lanka was established in 1972.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a national independence movement arose, whose action resulted ...
Singapore
Singapore is a republic belonging to the British Commonwealth.
Power is exercised by the president elected for a six-year term, and the parliament is unicameral.
Panama
Panama was part of the Spanish Empire for more than three hundred years - from 1513 to 1821.
From 1535 it was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, from 1717 it was part of the Viceroyalty of N ...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhs are very fond of dairy products, especially milk in various forms.
Favorite dairy drinks include kumys (a drink made from fermented mare's milk), shubat (fermented camel milk), and ayran (a fermented milk drink).
Australia
90% of Australians live on the coast.
The population settled mainly along the coastline because of huge deserts in the center of the country.
Peru
One of the most famous Peruvian painters is Jose Sabogal - the creator of indigenism in Peruvian painting.
He elevated the Indian to the rank of an artistic subject, which initially caused a scandal when he exhibited his canvases painted in Cuzco for the first time in Lima in 1919.
Austria
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy (indirect democracy) with a directly elected federal president as head of state and a chancellor as head of the federal government.
The country's main urban areas are Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck.
Argentina
The oldest university in South America is Universidad Nacional de Cordoba.
It is located in Cordoba, the second-largest city in Argentina.
Nigeria
Nigeria is a large country located in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
It covers an area of 923.768 square kilometers with an east-west range of 1200 kilometers and a north-south range of 1100 kilometers. The area makes Nigeria the 32nd largest country in the world.
New Zealand
Māori’s Haka are one of the most recognizable ceremonial performances.
They are typically performed by groups of men and women at weddings and funerals, to greet distingui ...