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Bulgaria

Bulgaria was founded in 681 by Asparuh, a Khan of Bulgaria.

A powerful state was established with its capital in Pliska (from 895 in Preslav), which lasted in t ...

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China

The proclamation of the People's Republic of China took place in 1949.

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Peru

Peru is a mountainous country.

A section of the Andes runs through its territory, running parallel to the Pacific Ocean.

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England

The Tower of London, best known as an inescapable prison, was once a zoo.

Thanks to King Henry III, who received three leopards (probably lions) from the Holy Roman Emperor F ...

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Bulgaria

In the years 2001-2005, former Tsar Simeon II became the prime minister of the republic.

It was the first time in the history of Eastern European countries when a monarch overthrown by the ...

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Faroe Islands

The islands have a highland and mountainous surface.

The average altitude is 300 meters above sea level. Almost the entire archipelago is crisscrossed by ...

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Thailand

Since the 19th century, Thailand was known as Siam.

While influence, mainly French and British, was growing in the region, Siam was the only country in ...

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Albania

The longest river in the country is the Drin, which begins at the confluence of its two upper sources: the Black and White Drin.

The river is 335 km long, of which 285 km flows through Albania and the rest through Kosovo and North Macedonia.

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Thailand

There is a fish in Thailand that can move on land.

This is Cryptorora thamicola - an endemic species of small freshwater fish that, thanks to its speci ...

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Ireland

In 1921, the island was divided into Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, occupies the n ...

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