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The second largest continent on Earth is a bit of an
exotic mystery to most people. So get ready, because from the languages
to the people these are some amazing things you probably didn’t know
about Africa.
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Africa is home to the world's largest living land animal, the African
Elephant
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It is also home to the world's tallest animal, the giraffe
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Africa and Europe are separated by barely
14 km and there has been some talk about building the world's longest
bridge
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40% of kids between the ages of 5 and 14 are involved in child labour
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The water they collect is rarely drinkable though, and must be boiled
before consumption
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96 elephants are killed everyday on the continent
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The deadliest animal on the continent (the one that is responsible for
the most human deaths) is the hippopotamus
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records Zimbabwe is the country
with the most official languages at 16 (yes, we know that other
countries could be said to have more but this also depends on how you
define a language vs a dialect)
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Almost half of the gold ever mined on Earth has come from one small
place – Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Between 1530 and 1780 nearly 1.5 million Europeans
were sold into slavery in North Africa during what became known as the
Barbary Slave Trade.
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Lesotho is the only country on Earth that has no
territory below 1000 meters above sea level
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Facebook has 100 million users in Africa
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Tanzania has the world's highest rate of albinism.
Unfortunately, albinos are often hunted by witch doctors in order to
create various potions
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Graca Machel is the only women to have ever been first
lady of two different countries (Mozambique and South Africa)
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More people speak French in Africa than in France
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