Fun Facts About Things You Didn't Know...

Hey Hivers! It's BuzzAlvin here. Been awhile since i posted something here. I've had a busy week and at the same time couldn't think of what to write about. Writing has never been my strong points but, i won't make that into an excuse so i did some research and here's what i found out and i wish to share with everyone who might've not known about it yet.

DID YOU KNOW??.....

70% OF THE WORLD’S COCOA BEANS COMES FROM AFRICA

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Cocoa beans are used to make chocolates. Most of the world’s beans come from 4 West African countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon.

THE WORLD’S LARGEST CHURCH IS IN VATICAN CITY

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St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City is the largest church in the world, stretching over 186 meters in length and has an internal area of 15160 square meters, 137 metres tall. The vast cathedral can accommodate 60,000 people.
St.Peter’s basilica is the most important church in Roman Catholicism and it was built in 320 AD.

KANGAROOS ONLY EXIST IN THE AUSTRALIAN WILD

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Australia is the only place in the world where Kangaroos exist in the wild. There are over 50 million kangaroos in Australia with the number growing every year.

WORLD'S OLDEST UNIVERSITY IS THE UNIVERSITY OF AL QUARAOUIYINE

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According to UNESCO and Guinness World records, University of Al Quaraouiyine is the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree-awarding educational institution in the world.
It was Founded in 859 AD by Fatima al-Fihri in Fez, Morocco and was originally a madrassa.

WORLD’S SMALLEST COUNTRY IS THE VATICAN CITY

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Even though its name makes it sound like a city, The Vatican City is its own country covering just over 100 acres ( About one-eight of New York's central park). This european country surrounded by italy and the city of Rome. It is where the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church is and is where the Pope lives.

MOST OF THE WORLD’S DIAMONDS COMES FROM AFRICA

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Up to about 90 percent of the world’s diamonds and 50 percent of the world’s gold comes from Africa

WORLD'S LARGEST DESERT IS THE ANTARCTIC DESERT

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The Antarctic Polar Desert covers the continent of Antarctica and has a size of about 5.5 million square miles making it the largest desert with the arctic polar desert been the second-largest with about 5.4 million square miles.

WORLD'S OLDEST CURRENCY IS THE BRITISH POUND

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The British pound which is one of the most traded currency today, has been used for over 1,200 years, making it the oldest currency in the world. Dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, the pound underwent many changes before becoming the currency we know and use today.

AUSTRALIA IS A CONTINENT AS WELL AS A COUNTRY

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Australia is a continent which contains mainland Australia, Tasmania and smaller surrounding islands. It is also a country and it is the only country in the world that covers a whole continent.

METHUSELAH IS THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE

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Located in Inyo National Forest, eastern california, Methuselah is the oldest known non-clonal organism on Earth. And according to a researchers after alot of tests, it is dated to be about 4,854 years old.

Here are some of the things I read and researched about I'll be going over more interesting things around us that we didn't know in coming article.

Stay tuned!