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Monday, 6 July 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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Florida
Florida was incorporated into the US on 3rd March 1845 as a 27th state.
Its called the Sunshine State, and its motto is “In God We Trust.” Its state animal is the cougar, t ...
Brazil
Iguazu Falls form the largest waterfall system in the world.
They are the waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and ...
Philippines
For more than 300 years, the Philippines was ruled by the Crown of Castile as part of the Spanish Empire.
The arrival of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan to the Philippines in 1521 marked the beginnin ...
Portugal
It is the westernmost point in continental Europe.
It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, and Spain to the north and east - the only country that has a land border with Portugal.
Uganda
Uganda has 32 legally protected areas, which cover 8% of the country.
There are seven national parks: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Mount Elg ...
Portugal
Portugal has 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Nine of them are architectural monuments and two are wine-growing regions.
Turkey
Turkey is the world’s first hazelnut exporter.
Switzerland
Geneva and the nearby French department of Ain co-host the world's largest laboratory, CERN.
It is devoted to particle physics research.Another important research center is the Paul Scherrer In ...
Slovakia
From the 15th to the 19th century, the Habsburgs ruled the territory of Slovakia.
After the fall of the Habsburgs, Slovakia co-founded Czechoslovakia. In the period 1939-1944, it was ...
Brazil
The capital of the Portuguese colony until 1763 was Salvador, a city in eastern Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean.
The city was founded on the site where Amerigo Vespucci came ashore in 1501. Salvador was founded in ...