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Friday, 28 August 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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Albania
In the mountainous region of southern Albania there is a small town called Lazarat, which until recently was the center of cannabis cultivation and marijuana production in Europe.
900 tons of marijuana were produced there annually, worth €4.5 billion, or slightly less than half o ...
Uganda
Forests in Uganda cover a quarter of the country's area.
The area of forests has decreased dramatically as a result of human activity and has been replaced by various types of agricultural land.
Republic of South Africa
The first inhabitants of modern South Africa were the Bushmen, also called San - a negroid people, showing some features of the yellow race.
They came here in the 1st century BC. In the 1st century AD, the Khoikhoi arrived here, and from the ...
Germany
The total length of highways in Germany is over 13 thousand kilometers.
The speed limit does not apply to most sections (65%).
Faroe Islands
Streymoy Island is the largest, longest, and most populated island of the Faroese archipelago.
Located in the central part of the archipelago, it has an area of 373.5 square kilometers and is hom ...
Australia
The world’s longest fence is located in Australia.
The Diego Fence is 5,614 kilometers long and 180 centimeters high. It was built between 1880 and 188 ...
Mauritius
The original forests of Mauritius have been almost completely cleared - today lass than two percent of the native forests remain.
They are concentrated in the Black River Gorges National Park in the southwest, the Babmous mountain ...
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is a country located in South America.
It is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
New Zealand
A mountaineer from New Zealand, Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29th, 1953.
He was accompanied by Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali mountaineer.
Slovakia
Slovakia can boast of many representative cultural and historical buildings.
Within its area, you can find over a hundred strongholds and castles and at least twice as many pala ...