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Thursday, 27 March 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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Czech Republic
The capital of the Czech Republic and its largest city is Prague.
It is the only separate city with the status of a country. Prague is located in the western part of ...
Russia
St. Petersburg changed its name three times.
First, it was known as Petrograd (1914 – 1924) and later as Leningrad (1924 – 1991). Since 1991 it has been known as St. Petersburg.
Egypt
Hieroglyphs are writings from ancient Egypt.
Initially, it was a pictorial writing, which over the centuries evolved into more abstract forms, th ...
Ireland
Patrick had the Celtic name Succetus and was of Brythonic origin (a Celtic people living in Britain before the invasion of the Angles and Saxons).
When she was 16, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland, where he worked as a shepherd. W ...
Vatican City
The Vatican holds the record for wine consumption per capita.
According to the California Wine Institute, residents of the Vatican City State drink as much as 74 ...
Uganda
The name of the country comes from the name of the kingdom of Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms that make up Uganda, inhabited by 52 clans.
The Kingdom of Buganda was established at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1894, the Brit ...
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 ...
Philippines
Filipinos claim to possess the eighth wonder of the world.
They sometimes refer to the Banaue Rice Terraces - agricultural terraces carved into the Banaue Moun ...
Argentina
The official name of Argentina is the Argentine Republic.
It gained its independence in 1816.
Singapore
There is almost no agriculture in Singapore, and aquarium fish farming is the most important.