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Thursday, 12 November 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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Faroe Islands
The indigenous people of the Faroe Islands are the Farers, a Scandinavian people of Nordic and Celtic origin.
Of the 49.000 people living on the islands, Farer people make up the majority. Icelanders are the la ...
Peru
In Peru, there is compulsory schooling, which includes free primary and secondary education.
About 90% of the country's population can read and write. Peru has 16 universities, the oldest of wh ...
Portugal
Portugal as a country was founded during the early Christian Reconquista.
Founded in 868, the country of Portugal gained importance after the Battle of São Mamede (1128). The ...
Kazakhstan
The main component of the Kazakh diet is meat.
An old custom dictates that meat with bones, or meat and bones, be served to the table. In front of ...
Singapore
Singapore is one kilometer away from Malaysia across the Johor Strait.
Singaporeans built two land connections – a causeway and a bridge, thanks to which they gained a land neighbor. Singapore is separated from Indonesia by 15 kilometers of the Singapore Strait.
Egypt
The area of today's Egypt was inhabited by wandering people about 12.000 years ago.
Carvings found in rocks along the Nile and desert oases come from this period. About 8000 years ago, the first Neolithic culture took root in the Nile Valley.
Argentina
Argentina is a homeland of tango, which occurs in UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage Site in 2009.
Argentine’s tango is characterized by improvisation and closeness of partners.
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands formed about 60 million years ago (they are about three times older than Iceland).
They were formed as a result of so-called linear eruptions, involving lava spouts from very long, straight fissures. They are mainly composed of basalts interspersed with softer layers of tuff.
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.
Ireland
Around the 7th century BC, Celts came to Ireland.
There is no archaeological confirmation of the great Celtic invasion of Ireland. These could have be ...