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There are 65 nature reserves, including two national parks that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

There are approximately 1500 lakes in Switzerland, 77 of which have an area larger than 10 ha.

The North Island of New Zealand has a Guinness Record for the longest place name in the world.

Although widely associated with Japan, sushi did not originate there.

In addition to spices, Zanzibar also exports seaweed and raffia (a bamboo palm with long pinnately divided leaves, the largest plants in the world with fiber-producing leaves).

There are 8 National Parks, 10 Nature Parks and 32 forest, 9 botanical and 16 ornithological reserves in Croatia.

90% of Australians live on the coast.

Beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage until 2013.

The Tower of London, best known as an inescapable prison, was once a zoo.

The Chinese invented kites about 3000 years ago.