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Tuesday, 8 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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Japan
Japan is one of the safest countries in the world.
The crime rate in Japan is very low, with not many mugging and pickpocketing happening on the streets.
Vatican City
The Vatican holds the record for wine consumption per capita.
According to the California Wine Institute, residents of the Vatican City State drink as much as 74 ...
Cuba
The colonial authorities caused the extermination of the local population by introducing the encomienda system (slavery and control over the Indian population).
In the first half of the 16th century, black slaves were brought to Cuba to work on plantations. From 1797, the island became a major point of the slave trade.
New Zealand
New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic ranks among the top ten countries in the world with the highest average internet speeds.
The Czech Republic has a long and well-documented history of scientific innovation, ranking 24th in the Global Innovation Index in 2020 and 2021.
Russia
It has a population of over 146 million people.
In terms of population, it ranks 9th in the world.
Faroe Islands
The islands have a climate that is described as temperate cool of the maritime variety.
Temperatures there do not particularly vary on an annual basis. Winters are usually warm, with an av ...
Germany
Germany has the largest number of zoos. There are more than 400 of them.
Berlin Zoologischer Garten is the world’s largest zoo in terms of the number of species – 1,500 – and the number of animals – 14,000.
New Zealand
It is also home to the only species of alpine parrot–kea.
Kea is known to drag windscreen wipers off of cars.
Uganda
In the mid-1980s, the guerrilla Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was established in Uganda and continues to conduct an anti-government rebellion.
It is a terrorist organization that has killed tens of thousands of people in Uganda since 1987. The ...