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Friday, 12 June 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
The fight for connection with Ireland was led by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
At the end of the 1960s, a bloody conflict broke out in Northern Ireland between republicans seeking ...
Mauritius
Homosexuality is prohibited by law on the island.
The morality article stipulates a penalty of up to five years in prison for same-sex sexual relations.
Albania
Albania has one of the longest wine-growing histories in Europe.
Vine was naturally cultivated there already in the Ice Age. The oldest seeds found there are between 4000 and 6000 years old.In 2009, the country produced approximately 17.500 tons of wine.
Portugal
It is the 126th country in the world in terms of the number of nesting birds.
There are five endemic bird species there: the Madeiran pigeon, the Madeiran petrel, the Madeiran firefly, the Azores firefly, and the Azores bullfinch.
Brazil
Brazil's topography is varied, with mountains, plains, highlands and scrubland.
Much of the terrain lies at elevations ranging from 2000 m to 800 m. The main highland area occupies ...
Egypt
Egypt is visited by over 13 million tourists annually.
The most popular destinations are Giza, Cairo, Sakkara, Luxor, Alexandria, the White Desert, and the Siwa oasis.
China
It is believed that football was invented in China about 3000 years ago.
Republic of South Africa
South Africa has some of the world's oldest archaeological sites and human fossils.
Archaeologists have discovered such fossils in a series of caves in Gauteng province. This area, inc ...
Brazil
Brazil has nearly 7500 kilometers of Atlantic Ocean coastline.
Ocean waters lap the country's territory from the northeast and southeast. The northern part of the ...
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's highest mountain is the Grauspitz, with an altitude of 2599 m.