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Mother Teresa (Agnes Gondza Bojadziu) was born in Skopje on August 26. 1910. The Macedonian mine “Alshar” on Kozuv mountain is the only world source of Thallium, and a potential 'mine' for ecological clean energy. 3 tectonic, 25 glacial and 15 artificial lakes and 34 mountains exist in Macedonia.It is fascinating that The fresco "Lamentation over the Body of Christ" in St. Pantelejmon was painted 140 years before Giotto's "Pieta".Ohrid - the European Jerusalem, the cultural capital of Macedonia, the city of the Slavic civilization and Cyrillic script used to have 365 churches, one for each day of the year.2,764 meters is the height of Golem Korab, the highest peak in Macedonia.Macedonia is cradle of the Slavic culture and the Cyrillic script. St. Clement of Ohrid developed the Glagolica alphabet the masterpiece of his teachers Sts. Cyril and Methodius and name it Cyrillic in his honor.The Pesna Cave, near Makedonski Brod, as described in New York Times, is identical as the imagined caves in the trilogy Lord of the Rings.In a cemetery in Butel is where George Zorbas's grave is located. Skopje plain seems to be inhabited at least for 7000-8000 years. Skopje plain seems to be inhabited at least for 7000-8000 years. The neolithic tomb in Madzari and the neolithic settlement found in the Skopje Kale fortress are proof of it.120 dolls in Kuklica, near Kratovo are 10 milion years old. The oldest lake in Europe and the deepest in the Balkan's - the Ohrid lake is 4 milion years old and has more than 200 endemic species.One of the Titanic Survivors was a Macedonian. According to NASA, Kokino is 4th on the list of oldest meghalithic observatories in the whole world.The smallest ethno museum in the world is located only 5 km on the northwest of Tetovo, in the picturesque village of Dzepciste and as such is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.Macedonia is the only place in Europe to have clearest rubies.The highest quality of opium is the Macedonian. Second is Pakistan's opium who has seven morph units. Third is the Columbian with around 3.5 M.E. The Macedonian opium has an incredible 14 M.E., doubling that of Pakistan.Parts of Jesus' Crucifiction cross are layed in the foundations of the monasteries of St Bogorodica Precista (Kicevo), St. Jovan Bigorski, and St. Georgij Pobedonosec in Rajcica (Debar).Music in Macedonia dates back to the 11th century. The Bologna psaltir is written in Cyrillic in the Ohrid village Raven. If you visit the Ohrid Museum you can find written songs and music notes dating back from the 10 to 14th centuries.The most famous song in Palestine and today treated as an anthem of Palestine and the Arabic world is written by a Macedonian.The oldest tree in Macedonia is the Platanus Orientalis in Ohrid. Whether a coincidence or not, the tree is growing since St. Clement of Ohrid period, in the 9th century.The first ZOO in the Balkans was opened in