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Saturday, 8 November 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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Brazil
Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
It occupies most of the eastern part of the South American continent and its geographic center, as w ...
Croatia
On the promenade of Zadar, there is a monument Pozdrav Suncu, a circle with a diameter of 22 meters, embedded between the promenade's stones with 300 special plates that absorb the Sun's rays.
Underneath the glass plates, solar panels are located. After dark, the solar energy stored in the ba ...
North Korea
North Korea is now in the year 110 (2021). It's all thanks to the Juche calendar.
This calendar was introduced in 1997 in honor of Kim Ir Sen. Year 1 is the year of his birth or 1912 in the Gregorian calendar.
Croatia
The 45th parallel, the so-called Suncanik, runs through the town of Senj.
It has the same latitude as New York. The city has the coldest climate on the Adriatic coast.
Vatican City
The largest part of the Vatican territory is occupied by the Vatican Gardens-about 23 hectares.
They are a garden and park complex surrounding the Vatican’s public buildings and residential buildi ...
Bangladesh
In Dhaka, one of the primary means of transportation is a rickshaw.
About 400 thousand of them ply on the city streets every day, which is a world record.
Kazakhstan
In the southeastern region of Kazakhstan, close to the Tenshan mountains, there is a canyon of the Shinar River, reminiscent of the Grand Canyon of Colorado.
The length of the canyon is about 150 km, and the height of the walls reaches 200 m.
Florida
The first commercial manned flight launched from Cape Canaveral on 30th May 2020.
Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken were the first astronauts to take the private capsule–the Dragon of Elon Musk’s SpaceX–and reached the International Space Station.
Faroe Islands
The islands have a highland and mountainous surface.
The average altitude is 300 meters above sea level. Almost the entire archipelago is crisscrossed by ...
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands’ only airport is located on the island of Vagar.
It is operated by the only indigenous Faroese airline, Atlantic Airways. The airport has a 1799-mete ...