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Thursday, 13 August 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
In Singapore, the world’s largest rubber, tin, and species stock exchanges are located.
Egypt
There are coral reefs in the Red Sea in eastern Egypt.
There you can admire vast colonies of corals, anemones, and colorful fish such as the Imperial Moth, ...
Slovakia
The oldest preserved artifacts from what is now Slovakia date back to 270.000 BC (early Paleolithic).
They are located near Nové Město nad Váhom and are ancient tools made of flint. Stone tools found in ...
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is a country located in South America.
It is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
Republic of South Africa
Of South Africa's nearly 55 million population, 10% are HIV positive.
Every third man living in South Africa admits to committing rape.
Switzerland
Switzerland has 12 universities, 10 of which are cantonal.
The first university in Switzerland was founded in Basel in 1460 - it is the oldest university in Sw ...
China
There are as many as 56 different ethnic groups living in China.
The largest group is the Han - it constitutes as much as 91% of the total population. Each of the remaining groups has its own distinct culture, and some have a separate language and writing.
Uganda
Lake Victoria in terms of area (68.8 thousand square kilometers) is the largest lake in Africa and the largest tropical lake in the world.
It is also the second freshwater lake in the world and the third, taking into account all the world' ...
Croatia
The tie is thought to have originated in Croatia.
Although the earliest traces of early forms of the tie were found in the tomb of the first emperor o ...
Kazakhstan
After World War II, a decision by the Soviet authorities plowed 250.000 square kilometers of the Kazakh steppe and turned it into farmland.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the Kolkhozes, most of this land became u ...