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Friday, 27 February 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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Thailand
5.6 million people live in Bangkok and there are the same number of registered cars there.
Due to this, the city is constantly jammed and has very polluted air. To counteract this, a network of city parks was created.
Portugal
Portugal has some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe.
They are found in the south of the country, where, next to golden sand, temperatures usually do not ...
Australia
83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 90% of fish, and 93% of amphibians living in Australia are endemic.
The reason is the continent’s very long geological isolation.
New Zealand
The founding document of New Zealand was the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between the Māori and the British Crown.
Turkey
In Turkey, one can found two types of toilets – classic and holes in the floor.
Albania
Albania has one of the longest wine-growing histories in Europe.
Vine was naturally cultivated there already in the Ice Age. The oldest seeds found there are between 4000 and 6000 years old.In 2009, the country produced approximately 17.500 tons of wine.
Ireland
George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and novelist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
He also won an Academy Award in 1938 for "Best Adapted Screenplay" for the film "Pygmalion", making ...
Great Britain
During a road check, you can have up to 0.8 per mille of alcohol in your exhaled air.
However, these regulations do not apply to professional drivers, for whom the alcohol limit in exhaled air is 0.2 per mille.
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked country.
It has no access to the sea and neither do the countries that the principality borders. There are only two such countries in the world - Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
Croatia
After World War II, Croatia was incorporated into Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslavia.
Broz-Tito was of Croatian descent.