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The first city on Earth to witness sunrise every day is Gisborne on the North Island.

Austria was initially a border area (March) of the tribal duchy of Bavaria.

Almost six million people live in Singapore, which gives eight thousand people per square kilometer.

Undoubted attraction of the Istrian peninsula is the smallest town in the world, Hum.

There are four main physical-geographic regions in the country: the mountainous area of Northern Thailand, the Chao Phraya Plain, the Korat Plain and the Malay Peninsula.

The name "China" most likely comes from the Qin dynasty ("Chin").

In the mid-1980s, the guerrilla Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was established in Uganda and continues to conduct an anti-government rebellion.

Most redheads are born in Scotland.

A cup of coffee in Zurich costs the most in Europe - on average about 4 francs.

There are fifty-one natural waterfalls, 10 or more meters tall.