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Sunday, 17 May 2026

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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Vatican City

The Vatican has its foot military formation that acts as a bodyguard for the Pope - the Swiss Guard.

The Swiss Guard is considered the smallest and oldest existing army in the world, having been formal ...

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Russia

There are 12 active volcanoes in Russia.

The largest and most active stratovolcano in Eurasia is Klyuchevskaya Sopka. Its height rises to 4,750 meters. It is also the highest mountain on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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New Zealand

The largest natural lake in New Zealand is Lake Taupō.

It is located 350 meters above sea level in the caldera of the Taupō Volcano.

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Uganda

Uganda is one of the highest countries in Africa.

The vast majority of the country lies in the northwestern part of the Precambrian East African Plate ...

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Turkey

It was created after World War I on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.

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Uganda

The Victoria Nile, also known as the White Nile, one of the two main arms of the Nile, flows from Lake Victoria.

The White Nile and the Blue Nile (the longest and most water-rich tributary of the Nile) join near K ...

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Peru

All of Peru's culinary traditions come from the traditions of the Andean peoples and European cuisine.

Peruvian cuisine shows great territorial diversity. The coastal regions and Lima are famous for thei ...

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Switzerland

Just over 5 million people (8.637 million inhabitants) work in Switzerland.

The country has a more flexible labor market than neighboring countries and the unemployment rate is ...

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Uganda

In the mid-1980s, the guerrilla Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was established in Uganda and continues to conduct an anti-government rebellion.

It is a terrorist organization that has killed tens of thousands of people in Uganda since 1987. The ...

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Mauritius

Mauritius is one of twenty-five countries in the world without an active armed force.

Such a state existed since 1968. The former military airport in the southeastern part of the island ...

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20 facts about Great Britain

Keep calm and carry on

Great Britain is an island country in Western Europe. Its beginnings were quite modest when in 1603 its two component countries - England and Scotland ...

24 facts about North Korea

North Korea's motto: A strong and prosperous state

This country, distant to us and difficult to access as a tourist, holds many secrets. The way power is exercised there and what daily life is like for ...

32 facts about Kazakhstan

Land of the free people

Kazakhstan is associated with vast expanses of space, with steppes, yurts, rural huts and gloomy apartment blocks that remember the Soviet era. The co ...

24 facts about Philippines

An area with one of the world's greatest biodiversity

The Philippines, an archipelago hiding in its embrace of countless islands that constitute a kind of pearl of Southeast Asia, captivates with its extr ...

26 facts about Faroe Islands

Thou, fairest land of mine

The Faroe Islands are one of the three countries of the Kingdom of Denmark, along with mainland Denmark and Greenland. The head of state is Denmark’s ...

25 facts about Mauritius

The island whose worldwide fame was brought by two postage stamps

Mauritius, the pearl of the Indian Ocean, is a paradisical corner known not only for its white beaches and azure lagoons but also for its extraordinar ...

21 facts about Vatican City

Stato della Città del Vaticano

Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state in the world, located in the heart of Rome, the capital of Italy. Its history dates back more than two th ...

19 facts about Nigeria

Giant of Africa

Located in West Africa, Nigeria is the continent’s most populous country and one of its most culturally and naturally diverse. From the lush rainfores ...

22 facts about Panama

A country that connects North America to South America

Panama is a country located in the heart of Central America, connecting North and South America, as well as the cultures, histories, and landscapes of ...

15 facts about Florida

Sunshine state

This beautiful, sunny state is hardly ever covered with snow. Even in the winter, the temperatures rarely drop below 0 degrees Celsius. It’s a popular ...

24 facts about Sri Lanka

The “Land of Smiles”

Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean. Previously, until 1972, both the country and the island on which it lies were known to the world a ...

39 facts about Japan

The Land of Cherry Blossom

Japan is one of the most fascinating places in the world. It possesses a rich and complex cultural heritage, but at the same time is among the most te ...

35 facts about New Zealand

Aotearoa

New Zealand is a country of records. It has the largest insects, and the smallest dolphins, and even its extinct birds were the largest. It is known w ...

47 facts about Cuba

El Caiman or El Cocodrilo

Cuba, a country located in the Caribbean Sea - also called the long green lizard because of its shape. Colonial architecture, cigar factories, beautif ...

33 facts about Singapore

The golden pearl of Asia

Located between Malaysia and Indonesia, Singapore is an island, a state, and a city. Small in area, it is a cosmopolitan, fabulously wealthy metropoli ...