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The islands were Christianized in 999 by Sigmundur Brestisson (the Faroese Viking chief who initiate ...

Between 1851 and 2006, Florida was hit by 114 hurricanes, of which 37 were of the cat. 3 or higher. Most of the hurricanes hit between August and October.

Their ancestors were warriors, and their enormous barrows are scattered across the Kazakh steppes. T ...

The country has (since 2000) a four-level administrative division into 14 countries: 204 third-degree communes, 384 second-degree communes, and 5661 first-degree communes.

The legacy of this is approximately 250 million Portuguese speakers and many Creole languages based on Portuguese.Currently, Portuguese is the official language of 9 countries in the world.

The countries with larger territories than China are Russia, Canada, and the USA.The area of China i ...

Scientists estimate that the total number of plant and animal species in Brazil may approach four mi ...

It is a cave with bizarre reliefs (including animals, angels and a dragon with its mouth open), probably made by a 15th-century monk.

However, it falls far short of Western standards. International and non-governmental human rights organizations point to frequent violations of these rights by the authorities.