27 interesting facts about Kosovo
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From Europe’s youngest country to one of just two nations with a map on its flag, these are the most interesting facts about Kosovo.

24 interesting facts about Slovakia
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The last sherpas of Europe, a ‘Clapping Tower’ and the ‘Cage of Shame’ are some of the most interesting facts about Slovakia.

33 interesting facts about Kazakhstan
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From a sport with a headless goat to a rich history of space exploration, these are the most interesting facts about Kazakhstan.

25 interesting facts about Kyrgyzstan
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The most interesting facts about Kyrgyzstan include an epic poem, a rich nomadic culture and the World Nomad Games.

25 interesting facts about Hungary
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From the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube to the world’s second-oldest metro system, these are the most interesting facts about Hungary.

26 interesting facts about Zimbabwe
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From ‘the smoke that thunders’ to the capital city of the legendary Queen of Sheba, these are the most interesting facts about Zimbabwe.

25 interesting facts about the Czech Republic (Czechia)
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From a church decorated with bones to the world’s biggest beer drinkers, these are the most interesting facts about the Czech Republic.

25 interesting facts about Luxembourg
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From the world’s highest minimum wage to world-famous castles, these are the most interesting facts about Luxembourg.

Astana: the Kazakh capital that keeps changing its name
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The tallest flagpole in the world is the Jeddah Flagpole, located in Saudia Arabia. Erected in 2014, the flagpole stands 171m (561ft) high.

26 interesting facts about Botswana
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From a gargantuan desert, an unparalleled array of wildlife and ancient rock art, these are the most interesting facts about Botswana.

28 interesting facts about Bhutan
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From the highest unclimbed peak in the world to an innovative way of measuring prosperity, these are the most interesting facts about Bhutan.

26 interesting facts about Serbia
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From a town still haunted by vampires to a gruesome tower made of skulls, these are the most interesting facts about Serbia.

27 interesting facts about Uganda
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The most interesting facts about Uganda, from an array of natural wonders to the “Butcher of Uganda” at the centre of a dark history.

27 interesting facts about Liechtenstein
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From being doubly landlocked to threatening to sell the country to Bill Gates, these are the most interesting facts about Liechtenstein.

The world’s three enclave countries
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The world’s three enclave countries are Lesotho, San Marino and Vatican City. We explore how a nation ends up entirely surrounded by another.

26 interesting facts about North Macedonia
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The most interesting facts about North Macedonia, from the “Balkan Elvis” to the birthplace of Mother Teresa.

26 interesting facts about Moldova
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From the world’s largest wine cellar to one of Europe’s poorest countries, these are the most interesting facts about Moldova.

25 interesting facts about Azerbaijan
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The most interesting facts about Azerbaijan, from unique geographical features to the origins of the Vikings?

26 interesting facts about San Marino
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From the world’s worst football team to one of the world’s smallest countries, these are the most interesting facts about San Marino.

26 interesting facts about Belarus
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The most interesting facts about Belarus, from Europe’s last dictatorship to a festival where soldiers smash bricks with their heads.

27 interesting facts about Armenia
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The most interesting facts about Armenia, from the world’s oldest winery and leather shoe to compulsory chess lessons for school children.

28 interesting facts about Andorra
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The most interesting facts about Andorra, from the heaviest smokers in the world to the highest country and capital city in Europe.

32 interesting facts about Afghanistan
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The most interesting facts about Afghanistan, from one of the planet’s most dangerous countries to the world’s first oil paintings.

27 interesting facts about Niger
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The most interesting facts about Niger include its very own dinosaur – the Nigersaurus – and the world’s highest mud-brick minaret.

28 interesting facts about Chad
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One of the world’s least developed countries and a fierce beauty pageant for men, these are the most interesting facts about Chad.

25 interesting facts about South Sudan
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The most interesting facts about South Sudan, from Africa’s newest nation and decades of conflict to “mega-herds” of migrating wildlife.

28 interesting facts about Tajikistan
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The most interesting facts about Tajikistan, from the world’s second-highest road, the Pamir Highway, to a capital city called Monday.

27 interesting facts about Turkmenistan
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The most interesting facts about Turkmenistan, from a president nicknamed “The Turkmenator” to a fire pit called the “Door to Hell”.

25 interesting facts about Zambia
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The most interesting facts about Zambia, from the world’s largest curtain of falling water to near-blind rats that can sense magnetic fields.

24 interesting facts about Rwanda
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The most interesting facts about Rwanda, from the Land of a Thousand Hills to one for the world’s most gender-equal countries.

25 interesting facts about Mali
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From the richest man who has ever lived to the world’s largest mud-brick structure, these are the most interesting facts about Mali.

23 interesting facts about the Central African Republic
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From the world’s hungriest country to superb star-gazing, these are the most interesting facts about the Central African Republic.

25 interesting facts about Burkina Faso
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Home to the “African Che Guevara” and one of the world’s youngest populations, these are the most interesting facts about Burkina Faso.

25 interesting facts about Malawi
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The most interesting facts about Malawi, from one of the planet’s largest and deepest lakes to selling the presidential jet to raise funds.

24 interesting facts about Burundi
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The most interesting facts about Burundi, from a man-eating crocodile called Gustave to a tragic history of genocide and war.

23 interesting facts about Laos
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The most interesting facts about Laos, from a tragic history, one of the world’s last communist states and a collection of over 2,100 stone jars.

24 interesting facts about Uzbekistan
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The most interesting facts about Uzbekistan, from one of the planet’s worst environmental disasters to the crossroad of the world’s cultures.

25 interesting facts about Mongolia
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From ancient nomadic culture to one of the world’s greatest empires, these are the most interesting facts about Mongolia.