Countries

It used to be believed that cigars were rolled on the thighs of beautiful Cuban women - this may once have been so, but today they are made in factories by trocedores, skilled cigar factory workers.

In Slovakia, all students up to the age of 26 travel by train for free.

Brazil's topography is varied, with mountains, plains, highlands and scrubland.

The Czech Republic has one of the densest railway networks in the world.

We owe the creation of modern football to the British.

The most widespread religion is Hinduism.

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is a country located in South America.

The statistical German consumes over 140 liters of beer a year.

Portugal has a relatively high illiteracy rate - 4.6% of residents over the age of 15 cannot read and write.

At the end of the 15th century, the Tudors initiated actions to strengthen the central English authority over Ireland.