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Saturday, 6 December 2025
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
Not every police officer in the UK carries a firearm.
Only police officers in Northern Ireland carry it with them at all times. Other countries in the kin ...
Cuba
The island lies latitudinally and is separated from Florida by the Straits of Florida, from Haiti by the Windward Passage, from Jamaica by the Cayman Trough, and from Yucatan by the Yucatán Channel.
The island is about 1,200 km (745 mi) long and 50-200 km (31 - 124 mi) wide.
Germany
Neglecting the Holocaust is considered a crime in Germany.
Republic of South Africa
South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town.
Pretoria, which owes its name to Andries Pretorius, a Boer leader who played a key role in the crea ...
Russia
Russia has the longest railway line in the world.
The Trans-Siberian Railway is 9,200 kilometers long. It connects Western Russia with the Russian Far East, starting in Moscow and ending in Vladivostok.
Turkey
In the southern parts of Turkey, one can found houses without roofs. This is by no means an expression of poverty but is connected with family life in the collective.
Families with many children add another tier to their house for each child who starts a family. Wealthier families hire development companies to put up family blocks.
Panama
Panama does not have an army, it was disbanded after the US invasion of the country in 1989.
There are public forces whose main task is to maintain security, and public order and protect the co ...
Ireland
In Western iconography, he is depicted in bishop's attire.
Typically, his attribute is a shamrock held in his hand - a white clover leaf (a symbol of Ireland) ...
Peru
Peru is the fourth most populous country in South America.
Its population is approximately 28 million people. Every fourth citizen of the country lives in Lima ...
Zanzibar
In addition to spices, Zanzibar also exports seaweed and raffia (a bamboo palm with long pinnately divided leaves, the largest plants in the world with fiber-producing leaves).
Fishing and tourism are also well-developed.