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Wednesday, 11 November 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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Ireland
One of the most recognizable and most frequently visited places in Ireland is the Cliffs of Moher.
The cliff, made of limestone and sandstone, is approximately 14 km long; at its highest point, it re ...
New Zealand
The average temperature in New Zealand ranges between 10 and 16 degrees Celsius all year-round.
Mauritius
Mauritius is one of twenty-five countries in the world without an active armed force.
Such a state existed since 1968. The former military airport in the southeastern part of the island ...
Brazil
The country's relatively rapid economic and demographic growth over the past century has meant that Brazil's ability to protect its environmental habitats is increasingly under threat.
Extensive logging of national forests, especially the Amazon, both official and unofficial, is destr ...
Great Britain
The average Briton drinks 1.9 kg of tea a year.
The tradition of drinking tea in Great Britain dates back to the 18th century. Initially, it was a d ...
Florida
Native Americans inhabited the area of Florida as far back as 14 thousand years.
They got to the area thanks to the last glaciation, in which sea levels lowered and the peninsula itself was much wider and had a cooler and drier climate.
Portugal
Portugal has some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe.
They are found in the south of the country, where, next to golden sand, temperatures usually do not ...
Uganda
Even in the 9th century, the animal world in Uganda was very rich, both in the number of species and the number of animals.
Human activity in the 20th century, especially the civil war, when animals were killed for food purp ...
Poland
The Andegavian dynasty ruled Poland for a short time.
In 1370 Louis I of Hungary became king of Poland, but his office was interrupted by his death. In 13 ...
New Zealand
The founding document of New Zealand was the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between the Māori and the British Crown.