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Two major environmental disasters have been recorded within Kazakhstan's borders: the drying up of the Aral Sea and high radioactive contamination in areas of former nuclear testing.

The most famous contemporary Bulgarian artist was Christo Vladimirov Javacheff.

The official residence of the Pope in the Vatican is the Apostolic Palace, also known as the Palace of Sixtus V.

In the town of Kolarovo, there is a wooden bridge that ranks among the longest in Europe.

Almost 35% of the country's area is covered by forests.

The original areas of Bangladesh were covered with monsoon forests, which are now severely degraded and have been replaced by agricultural land. As a result of human overexploitation, forests now cover only 14% of the country.

Thailand has one of the highest rates of social inequality in the world - 53.6.

Speaking of mountains, there are 283 mountains in the UK over 900 meters high.

Panama’s artificial Gatun Lake was for several decades the largest artificial lake in the world.

There are fifty-four airports in the country.