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Tuesday, 9 December 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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Cuba
Castro was a person made famous by many records and surprising facts related to his life and activities.
He survived 630 attempts on his life during his political activities He loved cigars but stopped sm ...
Russia
Russians celebrate the New Year twice.
The first New Year is celebrated on January 1, and the second, the Orthodox New Year, on January 14.
England
The Tower of London, best known as an inescapable prison, was once a zoo.
Thanks to King Henry III, who received three leopards (probably lions) from the Holy Roman Emperor F ...
Argentina
Argentina is one of the most significant wine producers in the world.
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 ...
South Korea
At the top of the Hallasan volcano, in the crater, there is Lake Baengnokdam, which expands and evaporates depending on rainfall.
It can reach a diameter of 2 kilometers and a depth of up to 100 meters. The slopes of Hallasan are ...
Panama
Before Europeans, Panama was inhabited by an indigenous population speaking Chibchan, Choco and Cueva languages.
The population is estimated to have been around two million people, who were mainly engaged in fishi ...
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 ...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhs only adopted Islam in the 16th century.
For a long time, it competed with Shamanism.
Japan
There are 111 active, and about 330 dormant volcanoes in Japan.
It makes up for approximately 10% of active volcanoes on Earth.