Countries

Although Ping-Pong is one of the most popular games in China, it originated in the UK.

The national flower of Thailand is the orchid.

There are 8 National Parks, 10 Nature Parks and 32 forest, 9 botanical and 16 ornithological reserves in Croatia.

The main component of the Kazakh diet is meat.

Brazil has a dense and complex river system, one of the most extensive in the world, with eight major drainage basins flowing into the Atlantic.

Bulgaria has approximately 170 species of plants and 57 species of snails that are endemic to the country.

Earplugs, kerosene lamps, and bulletproof vests are all Poles' inventions.

Poland has the most polluted cities.

From 1808 to 1821, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second-largest city, was the capital of Portugal.

Switzerland does not have an official state religion, although most cantons (except Geneva and Neuchatel) officially recognize churches, which are either the Catholic Church or the Swiss Reformed Church.