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South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town.

The oldest preserved artifacts from what is now Slovakia date back to 270.000 BC (early Paleolithic).

The island lies latitudinally and is separated from Florida by the Straits of Florida, from Haiti by the Windward Passage, from Jamaica by the Cayman Trough, and from Yucatan by the Yucatán Channel.

Croatia proclaimed its independence in 1991.

Mauritius has the second highest population density in Africa.

One of the highest railway lines in the world (until recently the highest) is the Lima-La Oroya-Cerro de Pasco line, built by Polish engineer Ernest Malinowski.

Kazakhs only adopted Islam in the 16th century.

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.

In 1944, Bulgaria was occupied by the Red Army.

Littering, eating, drinking, and carrying durians are illegal in public transport.