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At the beginning of the 20th century, a national independence movement arose, whose action resulted ...

In 1916, the Easter Rising broke out, then in 1921 the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed and the first I ...

A civil servant, Masabumi Hosono, was ostracized for saving himself instead of drowning with the ship. Hosono is said to have boarded the lifeboat 10 despite women and children still awaiting rescue.

In 2015, the country was visited by 26.719 million tourists, generating revenues of $18.303 billion.

Crimes are extremely rare there. In 2016, there were ten prisoners serving sentences.

Typically, a household contains space with lower flooring to indicate the place to remove the footwear before entering the living space.

In 2013, an Argentine, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, became the first-ever South American pope. He took the name Francis.

Among them, there is the largest - the ostrich, and the heaviest flying - the great bustard. Small b ...

The capital is inhabited by merely 200.000 people, while Jacksonville by approximately 950.000. The ...