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Tuesday, 24 February 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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Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.
The vast majority of the country, 88%, lies in Asia and only 12% in Europe.
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Ireland
The capital of Ireland is Dublin, located in the eastern part of the island.
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland, located in the province of Leinster. The city is ...
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Panama
Panama’s highest peak is Volcan Baru.
It is an active stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Panama (3474 meters above sea level) and the ...
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Slovakia
Slovakia has 9 national parks covering 6.5% of the country's area, as well as numerous reserves and protected landscape areas.
Protected areas cover a total of 12.3 thousand square kilometers. The history of nature protection i ...
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Ireland
The island is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean from the north and west.
To the east and south-east it is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea, the St. George's Channel, and the North Channel.Ireland's coastline is very diversified, its length is 1448 km.
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Republic of South Africa
South Africa is a developing country, ranking 114th on the Human Development Index.
The World Bank has classified South Africa as a Newly Industrialized Country (NIC), with the second ...
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Croatia
The inhabitants of the town of Ludbreg consider it to be the center of the world.
They indicate it by a colorful mosaic in the market square, in the middle of which there is a metal plate with the inscription Ludbreg - Centrum Mundi.
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New Zealand
A physicist from New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford, discovered the proton in 1920.
Rutherford is referred to as the father of nuclear physics.
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Republic of South Africa
The vast majority of black South Africans did not have the right to vote until 1994.
Until the mid-1990s, the Republic of South Africa was dominated by a political system of totalitaria ...
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Cuba
The largest island belonging to Cuba is Isla de la Juventud (Isla de Pinos).
It is a lowland island in Gulf of Batabanó. It is the second-largest Cuban island and the sixth-largest in the Antilles archipelago.
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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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