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Thursday, 27 November 2025
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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Japan
The honor of the Japanese led them to call the survivor of the Titanic catastrophe a coward.
A civil servant, Masabumi Hosono, was ostracized for saving himself instead of drowning with the ship. Hosono is said to have boarded the lifeboat 10 despite women and children still awaiting rescue.
Poland
Poland is the 9th largest country in Europe.
It also ranks 69th in the world.
Slovakia
A relatively small part of the country's area is covered by lowland areas - about 40%.
These are three lowlands: the Záhorská Lowland - the smallest, in the southwestern part of the count ...
Austria
Austria has numerous lakes.
The larger ones are of glacial origin and are located near the country's borders. The largest is Lak ...
Russia
Russia has the longest railway line in the world.
The Trans-Siberian Railway is 9,200 kilometers long. It connects Western Russia with the Russian Far East, starting in Moscow and ending in Vladivostok.
Faroe Islands
Seventeen of the archipelago’s eighteen islands are inhabited.
The largest of these is Streymoy, with an area of 374.3 square kilometers, which is home to almost h ...
Slovakia
In the town of Kremnické Bane, which is an old mining settlement mentioned in 1361, there is (according to one concept) the geographical center of Europe.
The symbolic center of Europe is located above the village, next to the Gothic Church of Saint Josep ...
Ireland
Traditional Irish cuisine is based on mutton, as the country's economy has been based largely on sheep farming for many years.
Irish stew contains mutton or lamb, barley, and stewed vegetables - leeks, potatoes, onions, and carrots.
Bulgaria
In 2007, Bulgaria became a member of the European Union.
Bulgaria is one of the poorest countries in the European Union, its economy is fragile because over ...
Czech Republic
After the end of World War II, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia took power in Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia became a member of the Eastern Bloc. In 1968, Warsaw Pact armies invaded the country ...