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Tuesday, 2 December 2025
30 facts about China
30 facts about China
A civilization that has existed continuously for 5000 years
China is the most populous country with the longest-living civilization in the world. It is the home of many inventions and a treasure trove of folk m ...

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Kazakhstan
Kazakhs were once famous for hunting with falcons and for their extraordinary agility when riding horses.
Their ancestors were warriors, and their enormous barrows are scattered across the Kazakh steppes. T ...
Great Britain
The majority of British citizens are English. There are as many as 56 million of them or approximately 84% of the kingdom's population.
The second largest population is occupied by the Scots (5.4 million) and the Welsh (3.1 million). Th ...
Austria
A climatic curiosity in Austria is the occurrence of the foehn - a warm and dry wind from the Sahara.
When it moves north, it can raise the temperature by up to 20 °C in a short time. The appearance of a foehn in winter may destabilize the snow cover and result in avalanches.
China
Fortune cookies are not a traditional Chinese custom at all.
They were invented in 1920 at the Key Heong Noodle factory in San Francisco.
Zanzibar
On the northern tip of the island is the fishing village of Nungwi, which is considered a traditional center for building dhows.
These are traditional Arab sailing ships, with one or more sails. Until the 1960s, dhows operated co ...
Thailand
There is a fish in Thailand that can move on land.
This is Cryptorora thamicola - an endemic species of small freshwater fish that, thanks to its speci ...
Russia
The highest mountain in Russia is Mount Elbrus, with an altitude of 5,642 meters above sea level.
It is located in the western part of the Caucasus Mountains.
Peru
The national dish of Peruvians is cuy - guinea pig.
Guinea pigs have been bred in the Andes for over 5000 years. Their meat is lean and low in cholester ...
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
Uganda is landlocked but has many large lakes.
In addition to Lake Victoria, one of the largest lakes in the world, these lakes include: Kioga - w ...