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Saturday, 17 January 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
There are fifty-one natural waterfalls, 10 or more meters tall.
The tallest waterfall is the Bambarakanda Falls in the pine forest with a height of 263 meters, making it the 461st highest waterfall in the world.
Poland
In Poznan Cathedral, there is a symbolic tomb of Poland's first rulers.
Mieszko I and Bolesław Chrobry.
South Korea
It is a mountainous and highland country.
About 70% of South Korea's terrain is mountains, although they are not as high as those in North Korea.
Uganda
In 1979, a civil war broke out and Tanzanian troops entered the country and overthrew Amin's regime.
Milton Obote took over the government - as a result of his actions, approximately 100.000 Ugandans d ...
Thailand
Thailand's territory includes several hundred coastal islands (including coral ones).
The largest of them are Phuket in the Andaman Sea and Samui and Phangan in the Gulf of Thailand.The ...
Great Britain
Not every police officer in the UK carries a firearm.
Only police officers in Northern Ireland carry it with them at all times. Other countries in the kin ...
Poland
During the time of the PRL (Polish People's Republic), the celebration of Independence Day was illegal.
Independence circles, including Piłsudski's circles, celebrated it illegally and the participants were suppressed.
New Zealand
The largest city in New Zealand, Auckland, is built on a volcanic field, known as the Auckland volcanic field, with 56 dormant volcanoes scattered throughout the area.
Peru
In 1825, Bolivia was created by separating from Upper Peru.
In 1845, slavery was abolished in Peru, financial reform was introduced, the railway was expanded an ...
Faroe Islands
The animal world is species-poor.
Due to the isolated, insular nature of the Faroe Islands, some animal species do not occur there nat ...