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Sunday, 6 September 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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Slovakia
In the town of Kremnické Bane, which is an old mining settlement mentioned in 1361, there is (according to one concept) the geographical center of Europe.
The symbolic center of Europe is located above the village, next to the Gothic Church of Saint Josep ...
Albania
Albania is a country of bunkers.
There are several hundred thousand shelters, commonly known as bunkers. They were built between 1972 ...
Florida
Florida’s climate is humid and tropical. During Summer, the temperatures can reach 38 degrees Celsius, and they drop to 4-7 degrees Celsius during winter.
The waters surrounding the peninsula act as a heat buffer, tampering with the climate. The highest t ...
Cuba
In July 2015, the country's first Internet access zone was opened in Havana for Cubans to use.
Previously, the internet was only available in residential zones for foreign tourists.
China
In the 4th century BC The Chinese started extracting natural gas.
They used it as a heat source. Western civilization made the same discovery 2300 years later.
Bulgaria
In 1944, Bulgaria was occupied by the Red Army.
This resulted in the overthrow of the monarchy (the last tsar of Bulgaria was Simeon II) and the est ...
South Korea
Korean women are obsessed with appearance.
Apart from hundreds of different types of cosmetics, according to research from 2020, about 20% of young Korean women undergo plastic surgery.
Switzerland
Five Swiss cities were among the ten European cities with the highest cocaine use (as measured in sewage).
14% of men and 6.5% of women aged 20-24 reported having used cannabis in the last 30 days - it is illegal in Switzerland, although minor possession was decriminalized with a fine in 2012.
Mauritius
In 1897, a lone sailor named Joshua Slocum spent eight days on Rodrigues Island.
Joshua Slocum was the first person to circumnavigate the world alone. In 1900 he wrote a book about his voyage, A Lonely Voyage Around the World, which became an international bestseller.
Philippines
There are three seasons in the Philippines.
The first is tag-init or tag-araw - the dry and warm season lasting from March to May, tag-ulan - th ...