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 Slovakia |
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| My country is famous for... |
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Ice hockey players, success in NHL teams |
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Natural beauty |
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Variety of mineral water |
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Hospitable, friendly, honest, hardworking and ambitious people |
| National celebrations and commemorations |
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5 July 863, the arrival of Sts Cyril and Methodius in Moravia |
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29 August 1944, Slovak National Uprising (against fascism) |
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1 January 1993, Independence Day |
| Discoveries and inventions |
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Jan Bahyl invented a petrol motor-driven helicopter with a four-blade rose arranged in two levels |
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Stefan Banic witnessed a terrible accident in 1912 that led him to invent the parachute |
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Jozef Karol Hell invented the water pump machine (water-pillar) in 1755 |
| Dos and don'ts for foreigners |
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When you don’t know something ask us, we are always willing to help you |
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Don't start conversation with Slovaks about politics |
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Don't try to stop a taxi, always order one by phone |
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Don't point at people |
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