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Saturday, 2 May 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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Poland
Poland borders seven countries.
These are Germany, Russia (Kalinigrad Oblast), Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is also listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the site of the shortest international armed conflict in history.
It was an English-Zanzibar conflict that broke out on August 27, 1896, and lasted 45 minutes. About 600 people died during this war.
Singapore
The independent Republic of Singapore was proclaimed in 1965.
Singapore became a member of the United Nations in the same year.
Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.
The vast majority of the country, 88%, lies in Asia and only 12% in Europe.
Switzerland
Switzerland borders five countries.
In the east with Austria and Liechtenstein, in the west with France, in the south with Italy, and the north with Germany.
North Korea
As a result of the failure of negotiations for the reunification of the territory, separate governments were established in the two parts of the country in 1948.
Thus, in September 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was established.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a highland and mountainous country, lowland areas, mainly in the form of river valleys and depressions, occupy 24%. Upland areas (300-800 m above sea level) cover 72% of the country's area, and mountains only 4%.
In the west of the country, there is the Bohemian Massif, which is a quadrangular block with raised ...
Republic of South Africa
In South Africa, there is the highest waterfall in Africa - Tugela, on the river of the same name.
Its height is 948 m and it is the second-highest waterfall in the world.
Vatican City
The largest part of the Vatican territory is occupied by the Vatican Gardens-about 23 hectares.
They are a garden and park complex surrounding the Vatican’s public buildings and residential buildi ...
Brazil
The area of present-day Brazil was inhabited by various Indian cultures for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.
Not much is known about these cultures, only that, unlike the Indians of the West Coast, they did not develop a material heritage. They were largely nomadic tribes.