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Wednesday, 1 April 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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England
The World Wide Web was invented by an English computer scientist, Tim Berners – Lee.
Croatia
Croatia has 1185 islands, most of which are fragments of land. The only exceptions are Brusnik and Jabuka, which are of volcanic origin.
These two islands are small and uninhabited, have powerful winds and no drinking water. Compasses do ...
Vatican City
Although the Vatican is not a member of the European Union, the currency in force there is the Euro.
All the observers of Vatican coins bear the inscription Città del Vaticano and the twelve stars of E ...
Australia
The island of Tasmania has one of the cleanest air in the world.
Poland
The Polish system of nature protection has contributed to the restoration of many national animal populations.
These include the European bison, the European beaver, the mute swan, the peregrine falcon and the elk.
Zanzibar
On the northern tip of the island is the fishing village of Nungwi, which is considered a traditional center for building dhows.
These are traditional Arab sailing ships, with one or more sails. Until the 1960s, dhows operated co ...
Philippines
The currency unit of the Philippines is the Philippine peso.
Symbolically written as ₱. 1 peso = 100 centavos. Monetary policy in the Philippines is conducted by ...
China
In the 4th century BC The Chinese started extracting natural gas.
They used it as a heat source. Western civilization made the same discovery 2300 years later.
Turkey
The average life expectancy is 72 years for men and 76 years for women.
South Korea
The national flower of South Korea is the Hibiscus syriacus.
Although the name suggests otherwise, this flower comes from China and Taiwan and gained its name thanks to the fact that it reached Europe with Syrian traders around the 16th century.