Africa Was Once called the Dark Continent, it’s full of wonders! While lot of persons might guess few fun facts about the world’s hottest and finest continent (wordplay intended) there’s always room to learn much more about our motherland!.
In this post we will be listing some amazing things you might not know about Africa.
Here Are 10 Fun Facts About Africa
1. The word Africa Means “Sunny” it’s Originally used by Romans and Ancient Greeks, in Aphrike and Latin in Greek it means “without cold”. They usually use the term to address just the northern African regions.
2. Do you know that Lake Victoria is the largest lake in the continent and the second-largest sweet freshwater lake in the world? Well now you know. Lake Victoria is actually located in East-Central Africa along the borders of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. It is confirmed that the lake receives its water from direct rainfall and thousands of streams.
3. Egypt is a major tourist destination in the continent, over 10 million visitors visits Egypt every year and it is more popular for its pyramids. But most people do not know that Republic of Sudan has more number of pyramids than Egypt.
4. Are you aware of the oldest known mathematical object? It’s called the Lebombo bone, which was originated around 35,000 B.C, it was discovered in the Lebombo Mountains of Swaziland.
5. Scholars has once described The city of Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa, as “the Paris of the Medieval World”. During its Golden Age the city was home to numerous Islamic Academics, very important trading networks, and ancient intellectual cultures including Historical documents, poetry by women, legal reflections, and inventive scientific dialogues.
6. Do you know that Most of the Star Wars movie, Starring George Lucas was actually filmed in the Tunisian Sahara Desert.? Well now you know.
7. Africa is where you can find the world’s largest frogs called the “Goliath frog”. It can actually be found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
8. According to history, almost half of the world’s gold ever mined came from Witwatersrand in South Africa.
9. In Africa the hippopotamus is the deadliest animal, Responsible for killing approximately 3,000 people every year. They are extremely aggressive and their wide “yawns” usually show off their sizable and very sharp teeth. It doesn’t take them time to trigger their aggressions, you’d see them fighting every time.
10. Do you know that Africa has four of the five fastest land animals in the whole world. It include the cheetah, the wildebeest, the lion, and the Thomson’s gazelle. All of these animals can sprint above 50 miles per hour, while the cheetah races at the top speed of about 70 miles per hour.