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Wednesday, 28 January 2026
26 facts about Russia
26 facts about Russia
A fascinating and mysterious land
Although not officially proclaimed an empire until 1721, it is claimed that Tsardom – a term first used after the coronation of Ivan IV in 1547 – was ...

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New Zealand
Māori’s Haka are one of the most recognizable ceremonial performances.
They are typically performed by groups of men and women at weddings and funerals, to greet distingui ...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s export trademark is Ceylon tea.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Sri Lanka became a plantation economy famous for the production and ...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s coastline is 1,585 kilometers long.
Sri Lanka lays claim to an exclusive economic zone in the surrounding maritime waters, extending 200 ...
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.
Nigeria
There are fifty-four airports in the country.
The main ones are: Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos Nnamdi Azikiwe International Air ...
South Korea
Koreans fly big. Most of the world's airline passengers travel between Jeju Island airport and Seoul.
According to estimates (apart from the pandemic, of course), flights between Jeju International and Seoul Gimpo airports serve almost 1.3 million passengers per month.
Germany
Germany has the largest number of zoos. There are more than 400 of them.
Berlin Zoologischer Garten is the world’s largest zoo in terms of the number of species – 1,500 – and the number of animals – 14,000.
Australia
10 out of 15 most venomous snakes live in Australia.
It is also home to many highly venomous spiders.
Albania
"You, Albania, give me honor, give me the name Albanian" - this is the motto of Albania.
One of the symbols of the state is the flag of Albania, which since 1992 is a red rectangle with a b ...
Kazakhstan
They are descendants of early Turkic peoples, and their culture has been influenced mainly by Mongolian, Persian, Russian, and Arabic cultures.
Their language (Kazakh) has characteristics of other Turkic languages, and the similarity is so grea ...