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Between 1003 and 1031, the lands of today's Slovakia were part of the Kingdom of Poland, after being annexed by Bolesław I the Brave.

Austria consistently ranks among the top twenty richest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita.

Two major environmental disasters have been recorded within Kazakhstan's borders: the drying up of the Aral Sea and high radioactive contamination in areas of former nuclear testing.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal established the first global maritime and trading empire, becoming one of the world's greatest economic, political, and military powers.

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.

Small sharks occasionally venture into Croatian waters, and whales also stray there every few years.

Slovakia, like the Czech Republic and Poland, is located in a mixed forest zone.

Janosik's image appeared in 1944 on the Slovak 500-krona banknote, and in 1947 also on the 2-krona coin.

The predominant religion in Cuba is Catholicism.

There are fifty-one natural waterfalls, 10 or more meters tall.