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The Jura is a limestone mountain range stretching from Lake Geneva to the Rhine Valley - from this range comes the name of the second period of the Mesozoic era.

On December 16, 1991, Kazakhstan was the last of the republics of the USSR to proclaim independence.

Initially, the seat of the popes was the Lateran Palace given to the bishops of Rome in the 4th century by Emperor Constantine the Great.

The average life expectancy is 72 years for men and 76 years for women.

The basis of Peru's economy is the extraction and export of metal ores, crude oil and natural gas, and guano.

Argentina has numerous protected nature areas, among other 30 national parks.

A very popular beauty treatment in Zanzibar is a relaxation massage, offered by many women.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since 2006.

There are 15 national parks designated in the country.

George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and novelist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.