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Tuesday, 9 December 2025
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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Turkey
One of the oldest and largest markets in the world is Grand Bazaar, located in Istanbul.
It covers 64 streets and is visited by roughly 40,000 people a day.
Faroe Islands
The indigenous people of the Faroe Islands are the Farers, a Scandinavian people of Nordic and Celtic origin.
Of the 49.000 people living on the islands, Farer people make up the majority. Icelanders are the la ...
Mauritius
Mauritius is home to a diverse flora and fauna not usually found in such a small area.
Contributing to this is the island’s volcanic origin, its age, its isolation, and its unique terrain ...
Japan
Japanese streets are the cleanest in the world.
It ties to Japanese culture and mindset, where even school children tend to the tidiness of their schools. There are no cleaning services, pupils clean their own classrooms and cafeterias.
Peru
Peru is a country with a centuries-old, rich history.
The earliest traces of human presence in this country date back to around 12.500 BC in the settlemen ...
Turkey
The Turkish alphabet contains 29 letters.
Croatia
After World War II, Croatia was incorporated into Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslavia.
Broz-Tito was of Croatian descent.
Republic of South Africa
South Africa has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa.
South Africa has ten such facilities.
Croatia
In 1102, Croatia was annexed by Hungary.
Later Croatia was ruled by the Habsburgs, and some lands fell to the Ottoman Turks.
Kazakhstan
The main component of the Kazakh diet is meat.
An old custom dictates that meat with bones, or meat and bones, be served to the table. In front of ...