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Friday, 14 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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Thailand
Thailand is located in Southeast Asia on the Indochina Peninsula.
It lies between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. From the west, it is surrounded by the Andam ...
Brazil
The country's relatively rapid economic and demographic growth over the past century has meant that Brazil's ability to protect its environmental habitats is increasingly under threat.
Extensive logging of national forests, especially the Amazon, both official and unofficial, is destr ...
Thailand
An integral element of Thai culture is the Wai gesture.
Thais do not greet each other by shaking hands, they greet each other by bowing "Wai" with their han ...
Austria
It became the headquarters of international organizations such as the UN and OPEC and also hosted many conferences and summits.
The Iron Curtain disappeared at the turn of 1989/90, and in 1995 Austria joined the European Union. In 2002, it joined the eurozone.
Zanzibar
On the island, the day starts every day at 6 a.m. (sunrise). It is delayed by 6 hours compared to the official time.
In Zanzibar, it is customary to use some form of local, unofficial solar time.
Brazil
It is considered the country with the greatest biodiversity of all countries in the world.
It has the most known species of plants (55.000), freshwater fish (3000), and mammals (more than 689 ...
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 ...
Philippines
The marine waters of the Philippines cover nearly 2.2 million square kilometers.
These waters are part of the so-called Coral Triangle, a tropical marine area located in the Pacific ...
Egypt
The capital of the first Egyptian state was in Tinis, although its location is still unknown.
This is the so-called early dynastic period in which the first two pharaonic dynasties ruled. They w ...
Austria
There are four passes in the Austrian Alps that are of key communication importance.
These are: the Semmering Pass, the Pyrhn Pass, and the Tauern Pass. The roads leading through these ...