FACTSHUB ON STEEMIT: INTRODUCTORY POST

Our world is interestingly growing with plenty of continents and amazing places to visit. Technological and scientific achievement have brought lots of known and interesting information about our planet but there are much more unknown facts about us and our surroundings that are worth mentioning.
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We will be using this post to share with steemit community a few facts about our planet.

1. Nile is the Longest River in The World
   

The Nile is the longest river in the world measuring about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length although the Nile is usually associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nile’s course runs through Egypt the rest flows through Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya,Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan. The banks of river Nile saw the origin of the oldest civilizations in the world.

1. Africa Makes up 15% of The World’s Population and origin To A Quarter of Languages.
   

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AFRICA🌍 FACTS ZONE ON STEEMIT: INTRODUCTORY POST
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Africa is the most populous and the only black continent. Despite the delayed development in the continent, Africa is an interesting continent to visit and in it abounds lots of talents. There are lots of known and interesting information but there are much more unknown facts about Africa that are worth mentioning.
AFRICA FACTS ZONE have decided to bring exclusive contents all round Africa including geography facts, fun facts, political facts, entertainment facts, business facts, sport facts, travel facts etc. to steemit.com that will surely interest you all!

We want to use this introductory post to bring you Ten (10) Interesting and probably unknown facts from Africa🌍!

Africa’s Lake Victoria is One of The Wonders of The World
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One first surprising fact about Africa is that the continent is blessed with many natural wonders and amazing tourist destinations of which the Lake Victoria is one of them. It forms the largest lake in Africa and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world, covering an area of 26,830 square miles (69,490 square kilometers) but it also contains the largest sheet of falling water in the world in terms of area.

Nile is the Longest River in The World
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The Nile is the longest river in the world measuring about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length although the Nile is usually associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nile’s course runs through Egypt the rest flows through Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya,Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan. The banks of river Nile saw the origin of the oldest civilizations in the world.

Africa is Home To The Largest Known Mammal
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The world’s largest living land animal, the African elephant, which can weigh between 6 and 7 tons is found in Africa. African Male elephants stand 3.2–4.0 m (10–13 ft) tall at the shoulder while their female counterparts stand 2.2–2.6 m (7–9 ft) tall. African elephants are mostly found in Eastern, Southern and West Africa.

Africa Makes up 15% of The World’s Population and origin To A Quarter of Languages
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Africa makes up about 15% of the world’s population, providing home to about 1 billion people. Because of the population explosion and the low life expectancy rate in Africa, a large percentage of Africa’s population are less than 30 years old. The continent’s diversity fully supports over 1,500 different languages which represent a quarter of the world’s languages which are spoken only in Africa.

1. Once, carrots were purple.
   
   Until late in the 16th century Dutch growers took mutant strains of the purple carrot and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today.

2. Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
   
   Pluto is 2370 kilometres (1473 miles) across, which can easily fit within Russia’s largest east-to-west radius of 10,000 km and the north-to-south size of 4000 km.

3. The world's largest family stays in India. The husband has 39 wives and 94 children.
   
   Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram.

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