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Thursday, 30 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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Florida
The capital of Florida is Tallahassee, and the largest city is Jacksonville.
The capital is inhabited by merely 200.000 people, while Jacksonville by approximately 950.000. The ...
Philippines
The Philippines is located on the western fringes of the Pacific Ring of Fire - one of the most important and active seismic and volcanic regions in the world.
The territory experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity. Located in the east of the Philipp ...
Poland
The coat of arms of Warsaw is the image of a mermaid - Warsaw Mermaid.
The coat of arms design was adopted in 1937 and approved in January 1938.
Philippines
The national flower of the Philippines is Jasminum sambac - (Arabian jasmine, Sambac jasmine), called Sampaguita by Filipinos.
It is a species of jasmine native to tropical Asia, commonly cultivated there as an ornamental plant ...
Cuba
Cuba is home to the largest number of snail species in the world, including one that is considered the most beautiful - the Painted Snail.
One of these, the Cuban land snail - the Painted Snail (Polymita picta), boasts of its beautiful she ...
Cuba
Spanish is the official language in Cuba.
However, it differs considerably from Castilian, which is spoken in Spain, and from other South Amer ...
Portugal
Forests cover 41% of the country's area in Portugal. They are best preserved in the mountains in the north of the country.
71% of the forested area of continental Portugal is made up of eucalyptus trees and cork oaks. In Madeira, laurel dominates the landscape.
Czech Republic
The name Bohemia (Čechy) first appeared in written sources in the 9th century.
It comes from the name of the West Slavic ethnic group originating from the Czech lands - the Czechs ...
Croatia
Since the declaration of independence in 1991, the official language of Croatia is Croatian.
Slovenian, Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian languages were spoken on the territory of Yugoslavia. In re ...
Republic of South Africa
In 2016, 78% of South Africans declared their religious affiliation to Christianity.
Most of them are members of various Protestant denominations (broadly defined as syncretic churches ...