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Saturday, 10 October 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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Singapore
Macaque is the signature animal of Singapore.
The largest Singaporean mammal is a wild pig.
Republic of South Africa
There are over 800 species of birds in South Africa.
Among them, there is the largest - the ostrich, and the heaviest flying - the great bustard. Small b ...
Switzerland
The largest cities and economic centers of Switzerland include Zurich, Geneva, Basel, and Lausanne.
These cities are home to the offices of international organizations such as the World Trade Organiza ...
South Korea
Koreans are born a year older than us (at least).
The age of a person born in Korea is counted from one, not from zero as in our country. This is beca ...
Philippines
The Philippines is an island country located in Southeast Asia, in the Philippine Archipelago.
Officially, the Philippines is the Republic of the Philippines, a country with an area of 300.000 sq ...
Faroe Islands
The archipelago with 18 islands, 11 islets, and about 750 skerries (rocky islets) has an area of 1395.7 square kilometers.
The islands form a south-facing triangle and are 118 kilometers long and 75 kilometers wide. The coastline stretches for 1289 kilometers.
Japan
The Ikeda Route highway offramp in Fukushima goes through a building.
The Gate Tower is a 16-floor office.
Cuba
Spanish is the official language in Cuba.
However, it differs considerably from Castilian, which is spoken in Spain, and from other South Amer ...
Switzerland
The Jura is a limestone mountain range stretching from Lake Geneva to the Rhine Valley - from this range comes the name of the second period of the Mesozoic era.
The rocks that make up the Jura were formed during the Jurassic period and contain traces of dinosau ...
England
The first ancient capital of England was Winchester.
The first king of all England, Egbert, was crowned at Winchester in 827. In 1519 it was chosen as the capital of the Kingdom of Wessex.