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Tuesday, 18 August 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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Ireland
Poles constitute the largest national minority in Ireland.
According to the 2011 census, the declared number of Poles residing on the island was 122.585 (an in ...
Brazil
In the 17th century, gold and diamond deposits were discovered in Brazil.
Bandeirantes - armed adventurers who also engaged in the Indian slave trade - then appeared. In the 18th century, cotton cultivation was introduced there.
Faroe Islands
Important industries on the islands are fishing, fish farming (mainly salmon), and tourism.
The fishing zone of the Faroe Islands is 200 nautical miles. In the North Atlantic, the islands are the fifth-largest fishing nation (ranked 25th in the world).
China
The Chinese were the first to invent the water mill.
It was already in the year 31 AD. It took Europeans another 1200 years to reach the same level of water engineering.
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.
Argentina
Argentina has the highest number of psychologists per capita.
It is said that almost everyone in Argentina is in therapy.
Faroe Islands
The islands have a highland and mountainous surface.
The average altitude is 300 meters above sea level. Almost the entire archipelago is crisscrossed by ...
Australia
There are no active volcanoes in Australia.
This makes it the only such continent on the planet.
North Korea
Time travel is a normality for North Koreans. In 2015, a special time zone called the "Pyongyang zone" was established.
In this zone, there was a shift of half an hour backward relative to South Korean time. The Korean g ...
Argentina
After abolishing divorces in the 1980s, Argentina became the infamous leader in this area.
Unofficially, the Argentines are claimed to be the most unfaithful nation of South America.