Countries

South Africa has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa.

There are approximately 1500 lakes in Switzerland, 77 of which have an area larger than 10 ha.

Switzerland has existed as a state in its current form since the adoption of the Swiss Federal Constitution in 1848.

Russia has the longest railway line in the world.

Panama is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world.

There are two species of monotremes in Australia that act as an interface between reptiles and mammals.

Queen Elizabeth II is related to Vlad the Impaler, best known as Count Dracula.

The Japanese favor the Confucian philosophy of hara hachi bun me, also called hara hachi bu.

In 1979, a civil war broke out and Tanzanian troops entered the country and overthrew Amin's regime.

It used to be believed that cigars were rolled on the thighs of beautiful Cuban women - this may once have been so, but today they are made in factories by trocedores, skilled cigar factory workers.