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Monday, 13 April 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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Turkey
In the southern parts of Turkey, one can found houses without roofs. This is by no means an expression of poverty but is connected with family life in the collective.
Families with many children add another tier to their house for each child who starts a family. Wealthier families hire development companies to put up family blocks.
Germany
There is no tuition at Universities in Germany.
It applies to both national and international students.
North Korea
The DPRK is officially a socialist republic.
However, it is ruled by a totalitarian system in which the real head of state is North Korean Suprem ...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has the highest biodiversity per unit area among Asian countries in terms of flowering plants and vertebrates, with the exception of birds.
Among all flowering plant species on the island, as many as 27% are endemic, and among mammals, ende ...
Japan
Japan’s national alcohol beverage, sake, is made from fermented rice.
Vatican City
Yellow mailboxes have become an icon in the landscape of the papal city-state.
The Vatican Post Office has operated its postal services and issued its stamps since 1929. Vatican P ...
Philippines
For more than 300 years, the Philippines was ruled by the Crown of Castile as part of the Spanish Empire.
The arrival of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan to the Philippines in 1521 marked the beginnin ...
Florida
It's mostly located on the peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
It’s the flattest area in the US. The highest point is Britton Hill which is 105 meters above sea level.
Slovakia
In the town of Kolarovo, there is a wooden bridge that ranks among the longest in Europe.
It is a bridge on the Little Dunajec. Its length is 86 m and its width is 2.25 m. The bridge does no ...
Croatia
Croatia's biggest tourist attraction is the Adriatic coast with a length of 5835 km.
The coastline of the islands is 4058 km long.