THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AFRICA
Added on: 8th Nov 2015
AFRICA IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIVING LAND
ANIMAL, THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT
IT IS ALSO HOME TO THE WORLD'S TALLEST ANIMAL,
THE GIRAFFE
AFRICA AND EUROPE ARE SEPARATED BY BARELY 14 KM
AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT BUILDING THE
WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE
40% OF KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 14 ARE
INVOLVED IN CHILD LABOUR
ON AVERAGE, PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK ROUGHLY 4KM
TO COLLECT WATER.
THE WATER THEY COLLECT IS RARELY DRINKABLE THOUGH,
AND MUST BE BOILED BEFORE CONSUMPTION
96 ELEPHANTS ARE KILLED EVERY DAY ON THE CONTINENT
THE DEADLIEST ANIMAL ON THE CONTINENT (THE ONE
THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST HUMAN DEATHS)
IS THE HIPPOPOTAMUS
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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