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Friday, 15 May 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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Great Britain
Great Britain is home to one of the most prestigious universities in the world - the University of Oxford.
Among the graduates of this university, there are as many as 56 Nobel Prize winners, 12 saints, and even one of the antipopes - Alexander V.
Russia
Russian forests are called the lungs of Europe.
They cover about 60% of the country’s land area and are second only to the Amazon forest in size and capacity to absorb carbon.
Austria
Tourism is an important branch of the Austrian economy.
In 2015, the country was visited by 26.719 million tourists, generating revenues of $18.303 billion.
Switzerland
There are four official languages in Swiss federal institutions: German, French, Italian, and Romansh (Romance - covering five groups of Romance dialects used in the canton of Graubünden).
The constitutions of the cantons determine which language or languages are official in the canton - ...
Japan
There are 111 active, and about 330 dormant volcanoes in Japan.
It makes up for approximately 10% of active volcanoes on Earth.
Republic of South Africa
The cape flora does not contain any economically important plants, but over 1000 species of ornamental plants come from there.
These include, among others: clivia, geranium, gerbera, gladiolus, amaryllis, freesia, and numerous ...
Republic of South Africa
South Africa is a parliamentary republic in which the president is both head of state and head of government.
It is a federal state divided into nine provinces.
New Zealand
New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893.
Bulgaria
The inhabitants of Sofia won the world record for feasting at the longest table.
3000 feasters took part in the feast at a table almost 400 meters long and drank 500 liters of rakija, thus achieving a Guinness record.
Australia
It is the only continent covered entirely by a single country.