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Thursday, 19 March 2026
30 facts about China
30 facts about China
A civilization that has existed continuously for 5000 years
China is the most populous country with the longest-living civilization in the world. It is the home of many inventions and a treasure trove of folk m ...

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Brazil
The country's relatively rapid economic and demographic growth over the past century has meant that Brazil's ability to protect its environmental habitats is increasingly under threat.
Extensive logging of national forests, especially the Amazon, both official and unofficial, is destr ...
Portugal
Portugal has one of the most beautiful hiking trails in Europe.
The network of hiking trails in the western and southern parts of the country - Rota Vicentina has b ...
Bangladesh
Typhoons and floods are common in Bangladesh, especially in autumn and winter.
These are always major natural disasters that claim hundreds of thousands of lives.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has a developed, high-income, export-oriented social market economy based on services, production, and innovation.
It has a GDP per capita of 91% of the EU average. The Czech Republic ranks 12th in the UN ranking ta ...
Poland
Officially, Warsaw became the capital of Poland in 1952.
Although it is said that Warsaw has been the capital of Poland since 1596, this is not entirely true ...
New Zealand
New Zealand rates second in the world’s wool production.
It is estimated that there are nine sheep to one person.
Turkey
Despite being a Muslim country, polygamy in Turkey is forbidden.
Peru
According to the most popular theory, the name of the country of Peru comes from the local word "biru," which means river.
According to another theory, the name of the country may come from the name of the local ruler Biru, ...
Zanzibar
For many centuries, a merchant trade route passed through Zanzibar.
In the 16th century, it became a colony of Portugal, and in the 19th century, many Arabs from Oman s ...
New Zealand
A physicist from New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford, discovered the proton in 1920.
Rutherford is referred to as the father of nuclear physics.