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Sunday, 9 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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North Korea
The DPRK is officially a socialist republic.
However, it is ruled by a totalitarian system in which the real head of state is North Korean Suprem ...
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Russia
The Volga is the longest river in Europe.
It is 3,531 kilometers long.
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Czech Republic
Protected nature areas in the Czech Republic cover 12.5 thousand square kilometers, which constitutes 15.7% of the country's area.
They include 4 national parks, protected landscape areas, 891 reserves, and 1297 natural monuments. Five sites have the status of world biosphere reserves.
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Austria
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy (indirect democracy) with a directly elected federal president as head of state and a chancellor as head of the federal government.
The country's main urban areas are Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck.
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Russia
Over 12 million people live in the capital city of Moscow.
It makes it the second-most populous city in Europe. Istanbul holds first place.
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Austria
Austria consistently ranks among the top twenty richest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita.
The country has achieved a high standard of living and in 2018 ranked 20th in the world in terms of ...
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Cuba
In the early 20th century, rum began to be produced on an industrial scale in Cuba.
It was mass-produced and its reputation became known throughout the world. When Prohibition was introduced in the United States in 1920, Americans came to Cuba in large numbers to drink alcohol.
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Bulgaria
According to the 1991 constitution, Bulgaria is a republic in which the head of state is the president, directly elected for a 5-year term.
The legislative body is the unicameral, 240-person National Assembly, elected for a 4-year term.
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Great Britain
We owe the creation of modern football to the British.
Its first codified rules were created in this country. The first important document regulating the g ...
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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' ...
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20 facts about Great Britain
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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