Did you know that Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon

Did you know that Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, is an island located in the Indian Ocean that combines ancient civilizations, tropical rainforests, golden beaches, and a deep Buddhist heritage 🌍🌴? Its strategic position made it, for centuries, a key hub of maritime trade between Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Did you know that this country is home to sacred cities, tea plantations in the central highlands, and national parks with one of the largest concentrations of elephants in Asia, making it one of the most diverse destinations on the Asian continent?

📍 General facts about Sri Lanka

• 🇱🇰 Country: Sri Lanka

• 🏙️ Administrative capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

• 🌆 Commercial capital: Colombo

• 👥 Approximate population: 22 million people

• 🌍 Location: South Asia, southeast of India

• 🌤️ Climate: Tropical, warm, and humid year-round

📍 5 interesting facts about Sri Lanka

It has over 2,500 years of documented history, with ancient cities such as Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.

It is one of the world’s largest tea producers, famous for Ceylon tea.

It is home to the oldest known human-planted tree in the world, over 2,300 years old.

It has one of the highest densities of wild leopards in the world.

It was officially renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, leaving behind its colonial name Ceylon.

Sudan is the country with the largest number of pyramids in the world,

Sudan is the country with the largest number of pyramids in the world, surpassing even Egypt, and is home to more than 250 funerary structures built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush, mainly in the Nubia region. These pyramids, smaller and steeper than the Egyptian ones, reflect a powerful African civilization that dominated the Nile Valley for centuries.

Did you know that, beyond its historical heritage, Sudan occupies a strategic position between North Africa, the Sahel, and East Africa, making it a key territory along ancient and modern trade routes, although it has been marked by recent conflicts and humanitarian challenges?

General facts about Sudan:

• Country: Sudan

• Capital: Khartoum

• Approximate population: 48 million people

• Area: ~1,886,000 km²

• Location: Northeast Africa, along the banks of the Nile River

• Climate: Desert and semi-arid, with tropical-influenced zones in the south

Some interesting facts:

Sudan has more pyramids than any other country in the world, concentrated in Meroe, Napata, and El Kurru.

The Kingdom of Kush once ruled Egypt during the 25th Dynasty.

The Blue Nile and the White Nile meet in Khartoum, forming the great Nile River.

Meroe was one of the most advanced ironworking centers of the ancient world.

Despite its millennia-old history, many of its pyramids remain little known and rarely visited.

The majority of Americans can’t locate Venezuela on this map

The majority of Americans can’t locate Venezuela on this map

National Road 2 (EN2) is the longest road in Portugal, stretching about 739 km

National Road 2 (EN2) is the longest road in Portugal, stretching about 739 km (459 miles). It connects Chaves, in Trás-os-Montes, to Faro, in the Algarve, crossing the country from north to south and passing through 11 districts, 35 municipalities, and a wide variety of landscapes, making it an important tourist route. 🇵🇹

The USA map has been updated

The USA map has been updated.

The image below is a powerful metaphor for 500 years of the colonial system and global inequality

The image below is a powerful metaphor for 500 years of the colonial system and global inequality.

It depicts Europe and North America at the top of the map, accumulating mountains of gold, while Latin America and Africa appear as excavated, hollowed-out, and degraded territories, filled with craters.

The central message is clear:

➡️ Much of the wealth of the Global North was built through the systematic extraction of resources, labor, and lives from the Global South.

For centuries, gold, silver, diamonds, sugar, cotton, rubber, and other resources were taken from Latin America and Africa and concentrated in European colonial powers—a process that later continued in new forms through imperialism and neocolonialism.

Meanwhile:

exploited continents were left with severe environmental liabilities,

societies shaped by deep structural inequality,

dependent and vulnerable economies.

In a single image, the illustration captures half a millennium of colonization, plunder, slavery, exploitation, and wealth concentration.

📍 This is not natural poverty. It is historical impoverishment.

Denmark Protests After U.S. Map Suggests Control Over Greenland

📍 Denmark expressed concern after a map of Greenland—colored with the U.S. flag and captioned “coming soon”—was shared by the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

📷 The post sparked immediate backlash in Copenhagen. Danish diplomat Jesper Møller Sørensen stated on social media that Washington must respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark, emphasizing that both countries are members and allies of NATO.

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