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Wednesday, 26 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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Brazil
The capital of Brazil is the city of Brasilia, located in the Brazilian Highlands, in the central-western part of the country.
It is the third (after Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) most populous city in the country. Brasilia bec ...
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has quite rich deposits of energy resources (coal, oil, natural gas).
It also has deposits of iron ore, copper, zinc, lead, phosphorite, chromium, manganese, silver, and gold.
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Panama
The most popular sport in Panama is soccer.
A minority sport for most of the 20th century, it has recently become the most loved and played spor ...
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Albania
In the mountainous region of southern Albania there is a small town called Lazarat, which until recently was the center of cannabis cultivation and marijuana production in Europe.
900 tons of marijuana were produced there annually, worth €4.5 billion, or slightly less than half o ...
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Panama
The geographic region connecting the American continents in Central America is the Darién Gap.
It is a swampy and forested isthmus measuring about 160 by 50 kilometers, separating the Panamanian ...
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Poland
Poland's symbolic beginning was the baptism of Mieszko I, a Polish prince, in 966.
Although Mieszko is considered Poland's founder, his son Boleslaw the Brave became Poland's first king.
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Philippines
The largest lake in the Philippines and the third largest inland freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, after Lake Tonle Sap in Cambodia and Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, is Laguna de Bay, also known as Laguna Lake.
It is located southeast of Manila, the country's capital, on the island of Luzon. It is a freshwater ...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has been suffering from a civil war for twenty-six years.
It began in 1983 and ended in 2009 when the Sri Lankan Armed Forces defeated the Tamil militant organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers).
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Switzerland
The most popular sports in Switzerland are football, ice hockey, alpine skiing, snowboarding, Schwingen (Swiss wrestling), and tennis.
Winter sports are very popular there due to the special natural conditions favoring such activity. F ...
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Mauritius
In 1883, the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Krakatau was heard at Rodrigues.
Rodrigues remains the farthest point nearly 4800 kilometers away where the explosion was heard. The ...
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23 facts about Germany
23 facts about Germany
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
German is known as the birthplace of medieval Christian European culture and tradition, but at the same time, as one of the most criminal and bloody r ...
33 facts about Turkey
33 facts about Turkey
A picturesque country of two continents
The Republic of Turkey is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. It brings joy with picturesque beaches, mild climate, delicious c ...
21 facts about Australia
21 facts about Australia
A great desert surrounded by a green ring of life
Australia has been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time, hence its unique and unparalleled flora and fauna. It is a home for aborigines ...
32 facts about Argentina
32 facts about Argentina
The homeland of tango
It is said that the Argentines are like Italians speaking Spanish, they behave like the French and wish to be like the British. Argentina used to be o ...
21 facts about England
21 facts about England
God Save the Queen
The name England is derived from the Old English - Englaland - meaning "land of the Angels". One of the four countries of the United Kingdom, England ...
14 facts about Liechtenstein
14 facts about Liechtenstein
A tiny alpine country
The Principality of Liechtenstein is a country situated between Austria and Switzerland. It is the only country entirely in the Alps. Liechtenstein is ...
31 facts about Poland
31 facts about Poland
The Republic of Poland
Poland is more than 1000 years old. It had many years of prosperity and many years of hard times. It even disappeared from the world maps for more tha ...
51 facts about Croatia
51 facts about Croatia
Land of a thousand islands
Croatia is a small country on the Adriatic Sea, on the border between Central and Southern Europe. Once part of Yugoslavia, it has been an independent ...
23 facts about Bangladesh
23 facts about Bangladesh
One of the poorest countries in Asia
Bangladesh is located in South Asia, the Bay of Bengal. It is a relatively young country, for its history dates back only fifty years. Over the years, ...
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