Plan South America | Field Notes | So You Think You Know South America?
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So you think you know South America?

Check out our favourite FUN FACTS from South America. If you’ve heard all of these before we’ll eat our Panama hats…!

Plan South America | Field Notes | So You Think You Know South America?

Argentina

The remains of the largest dinosaur ever discovered, Argentinosaurus, were first unearthed in Argentina in 1987.

Belize

The Belize Barrier Reef is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and holds more than 450+ fish species.

Bolivia

There are 5055 footprints from at least 8 different dinosaur species on Cal Orko, a limestone slab more than 100m high. The prints are 68 million years old and on the vertical part of the wall.

Brazil

It is estimated that there are at least 70 native communities living within the Brazilian Amazon who’ve never had contact with the outside world.

Chile

In some parts of Chile’s Atacama Desert, no rainfall has ever been recorded.

Columbia

Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world, after only Brazil which is 10 times its size.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica hosts more than 5% of the world’s biodiversity, even though its landmass only takes up .03% of the planets surface.

Ecuador and The Galapagos

Though the “Panama” hat is worn everywhere around Panama, the woven toquilla palm hats are manufactured exclusively in Ecuador.

Guatemala

The first ever chocolate bar was invented in Guatemala during Mayan times.

Mexico

The largest pyramid in the world is the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Mexico.

Plan South America | Field Notes | So You Think You Know South America?
Plan South America | Field Notes | So You Think You Know South America?

Nicaragua

Unlike most of futbol-obsessed Latin America, the national sport of Nicaragua is baseball.

Panama

Panama City is the only capital city that has a rain forest within city limits.

Peru

You can tell the relationship status of a Native Quechua woman by their hat. Married women wear straw hats, where single women wear knitted caps.

Uruguay

Uruguay has the lowest poverty and population-growth rates in South America, and they also have the highest literacy rates in the region.

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