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Thursday, 1 January 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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Brazil
It is the world's largest producer of amethyst, topaz and agate.
It is one of the major producers of tourmaline, emerald, aquamarine, and garnet.
Bulgaria
There are over 250 cities in Bulgaria, of which only the capital of the country is a city with over a million inhabitants.
The largest cities, apart from Sofia, include Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Pleven, Sliven, Dobrich, Shumen, and others.
Faroe Islands
There are no mosquitoes on the Faroe Islands, but there are also no bees.
In the 1990s, wasps appeared there, which probably came to the island by ship. It is said that the a ...
Switzerland
There are approximately 1500 lakes in Switzerland, 77 of which have an area larger than 10 ha.
These are glacial lakes, and the largest ones are border lakes.
Uganda
In Uganda there are mostly oxisols, only in the river valleys there are gley soils, called gleysols.
Oxisols are characteristic of the tropical equatorial and subequatorial climate zones, and such a cl ...
Portugal
Portugal is the westernmost point of mainland Europe.
This is the cape of Cabo de Roca located within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, west of Lisbon. The ...
Slovakia
Slovakia has a dense river network, 96% of which belongs to the Danube catchment area (Black Sea catchment area), and the remaining 4% to the Vistula catchment area (Baltic Sea catchment area).
The largest rivers in Slovakia are the Danube, Váh, Hron, Morava, Bodrog, Latorica, and Laborec. The ...
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 ...
Republic of South Africa
South Africa is considered a tolerant country towards minorities, including sexual ones.
Since 1996, sexual orientation has been one of the categories protected against discrimination in th ...
Bangladesh
The country is characterized by a very dense river network, numerous streams and canals.
The most important rivers are the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Surma. The entire area of Bangladesh falls ...