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Saturday, 14 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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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has a developed, high-income, export-oriented social market economy based on services, production, and innovation.
It has a GDP per capita of 91% of the EU average. The Czech Republic ranks 12th in the UN ranking ta ...
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Mauritius
Mauritius is one of twenty-five countries in the world without an active armed force.
Such a state existed since 1968. The former military airport in the southeastern part of the island ...
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Czech Republic
Protected nature areas in the Czech Republic cover 12.5 thousand square kilometers, which constitutes 15.7% of the country's area.
They include 4 national parks, protected landscape areas, 891 reserves, and 1297 natural monuments. Five sites have the status of world biosphere reserves.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has few natural lakes.
The largest is Lake Czarne, with an area of only 18.4 ha. However, numerous ponds and retention rese ...
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Vatican City
There are a number of extraterritorial properties of the Holy See that are not part of Vatican territory.
These include areas immediately adjacent to state territory, such as the Palazzo San Pio X, Campo Sa ...
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Ireland
Ireland is famous for its stone, medieval strongholds, and historic abbeys, often located in picturesque natural surroundings.
The most beautiful are the Rock of Cashel, Malahide Castle, Ross, and Dunseverick.One of the castles ...
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Panama
Panama was part of the Spanish Empire for more than three hundred years - from 1513 to 1821.
From 1535 it was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, from 1717 it was part of the Viceroyalty of N ...
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.
The basis of its economy is agriculture, especially rice cultivation.
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Peru
Peru is a country with a centuries-old, rich history.
The earliest traces of human presence in this country date back to around 12.500 BC in the settlemen ...
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Kazakhstan
From warriors, the Kazakhs evolved into a nation of freedom-loving nomads and farmers.
They had huge herds of fattening animals, abundant pastures, and fertile lands in the foothills and river valleys.
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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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