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12 October 2018
Nodding your head expresses "yes" in the vast majority of cultures. Be careful though - it means "no" in Bulgaria and Macedonia.
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26 September 2018
Skopje - The city was suffering from a cholera outbreak, so general Engelberto d'Ugo Piccolomini set fire to the entire city.The city burned for two days and was almost completely destroyed.
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26 September 2018
The Cyrillic alphabet, official in Macedonia, is based on the alphabet developed in the 9th century by two Macedonian brothers - St Cyril and St Methodius.
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26 September 2018
Golem Korab with in altitude of 2764m and Vardar River with an elevation of 50m are the highest and lowest points of Macedonia.
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26 September 2018
The first Slavic school, Ohrid Literary School was established in Macedonia by St Clement of Ohrid.
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26 September 2018
Macedonian opium is one of the best in the world, with 14 morphine units, compared to Turkey's 6, India's 7, and China's 8.
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26 September 2018
Macedonia is landlocked territory with no direct access to sea.
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26 September 2018
Did you know the word Robot comes from the Macedonian word for Rabota, it was used to describe labour workers that worked like machines.
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26 September 2018
In 15 years of conquest, Alexander The Great never lost a battle.
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26 September 2018
The Millennium Cross is 66 metre-high cross situated on the top of the Vodno Mountain in Skopje, and it is the biggestcross in the world.
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26 September 2018
According to NASA, Kokino is the fourth oldest astronomic observatory in the world.
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26 September 2018
Ohrid Lake is the oldest and one of the deepest lakes in Europe.
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