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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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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 ...
Turkey
One of the oldest and largest markets in the world is Grand Bazaar, located in Istanbul.
It covers 64 streets and is visited by roughly 40,000 people a day.
Cuba
There are 65 nature reserves, including two national parks that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The wildlife, like the flora in Cuba, is rich in number of species but modest in quantity. There are ...
Slovakia
Slovakia is home to the only cold geyser in Europe and one of the eight cold geysers known on Earth - the Herl'any geyser.
During drilling to find new thermal springs in Herl'any, near Kosice, in 1875 a cool geyser, unique ...
Thailand
In 1760, Burmese forces attacked what was then Thailand, destroyed and looted the country's capital, and kidnapped its ruler and members of the ruling family.
A former commander of the Ayutthai forces, Taksin took power in the country, established a new capit ...
China
The Chinese invented kites about 3000 years ago.
They were used during battles to intimidate the opponent.
Croatia
Undoubted attraction of the Istrian peninsula is the smallest town in the world, Hum.
It was surrounded by walls, an important strategic point on the border of the lands belonging to the ...
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 ...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has access to the Caspian Sea (the largest lake in the world) at a length of 2340 km.
The Caspian Sea is a drainless saline relic lake. It has an area of about 370.000 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 1025 meters.
Germany
The capital of Germany is Berlin.
It is populated by 3,7 million people, covers 892 square kilometers, and is divided into 12 administrative districts. It is visited by over 13 million tourists a year.