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Saturday, 14 February 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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Thailand
The origins of Thailand are related to the migration of Thais from the southwestern part of China.
This population reached the territory of present-day Thailand in the 10th-12th centuries. The Thais ...
China
It is believed that football was invented in China about 3000 years ago.
Peru
In the Amazon jungle, above Ucayali, there is a small village of Caimito, where the Shipibo Indians live.
In 2020, 750 people lived there and as many as 80% of them were infected with the COVID-19 virus. Th ...
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 ...
China
The crossbow was also invented in China.
They were also the first to develop chemical weapons - more than 2000 years before World War I when warfare gases were first used in the West.
China
The Chinese were the first to invent the water mill.
It was already in the year 31 AD. It took Europeans another 1200 years to reach the same level of water engineering.
Bangladesh
Among the largest mammals in Bangladesh, Indian elephants are rare, as are gaurs (large, dark oxen, also known as Indian bison).
Among predators, leopard and Bengal tiger are found, but their number is small. There are also macaques and langurs, cobras, pythons and gharials.
Cuba
There are five universities in Cuba, the most important scientific institution being the Cuban Academy of Sciences in Havana, founded in 1962.
In Cuba, schooling is compulsory for all children between the ages of 6 and 15. Children wear unifor ...
Kazakhstan
Khan Shatir was the second building designed by British architect Norman Foster after the Pyramid of Peace and Reconciliation.
The Turkish company Sembol was responsible for the construction of the tent.
Panama
Panama does not have an army, it was disbanded after the US invasion of the country in 1989.
There are public forces whose main task is to maintain security, and public order and protect the co ...