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Nile crocodiles also occur in the Sahara desert in fragmented populations throughout several mountains.
 
West Hoba, is the largest and heaviest known meteorite in the world and is also the largest piece of natural iron, found in Namibia.
 
African Quadripoint; is the only one place on the earth where the corners of four countries come together;Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia.
 
Gila monster lizards & Mexican beaded lizards venom, is about as toxic as that of a western diamondback rattlesnake.There's no antivenin.
 
Africa is home to Limnic Eruptions which happened in Lake Nyos in Cameroon,costing the lives of 1700 people and animals, two weeks after the explosion .Lake Monoun(Cameroon) and Lake Kivu(Congo) have also experienced this rare natural disaster. This happens when CO2 and Methane erupts from the depths of the lakes, leading to the formation of a toxic gas cloud that suffocates all life. Such disasters might also be accompanied by tsunamis.
 
Maize is not native to Africa but Americas; however, since being introduced by Portuguese traders in the 16th century, maize has replaced traditional African crops such as sorghum.
 
The country with highest French speaking population is not France. Instead, an African nation, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tops the list with a total of more than 77 million people. France ranks second, with approximately 67 million people.
 
Angola is the country with the second largest number of Portuguese speakers, only after Brazil. Also it has many Portuguese speakers than Portugal itself!
 
In November 1991, some of the Disney film (LION KING) animators, travelled to Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya, for research, where the famous 'HAKUNA MATATA' mantra only became part of the script after the researcher's trip.
 
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