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Historically, the city derives from the settlements of Gradec and Kaptol, which were located on the adjacent hills being the origin of the present capital.

The first known state in Czech lands was established in 623, when Samo (a Frankish merchant who unit ...

Tingatinga is a painting style from the 1960s. Its name comes from the name of Edward Saidi Tingatinga, a self-taught artist who started his career in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

It is also home to many highly venomous spiders.

The word is probably a translation of the medieval Latin Marchia orientalis into the local (Bavarian ...

Thailand is promoted as an exotic country to attract tourists. It is believed that at least 10% of tourist dollars are spent on the sex trade.

Harry Ogden is considered the founder of the first bookmaker, who opened his premises in Newmarket in 1795.

It was an English-Zanzibar conflict that broke out on August 27, 1896, and lasted 45 minutes. About 600 people died during this war.

After the end of the World War, Poland became the world's leading center of European bison breeding.

This lowland is surrounded by the Rhodope Mountains from the west and south. To the west of them ris ...