A factaday special - South Africa
South Africa has the oldest meteor scar in the world, just across the Vaal River near Parys, called the Vredefort Dome. The meteor plummeted to Earth nearly two billion years ago which is before life on earth started.
Walt Disney serves South African wine exclusively at its 73-acre Animal Kingdom Lodge in the United States.
The world’s first heart transplant was done in South Africa in 1967 by South African Dr Chris Barnard
The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace prize winners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi Street in Soweto.
South Africa is the only country in the world to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
Four of the five fastest land animals live in Africa – the cheetah (100 km per hour), wildebeest, lion, and Thomson’s gazelle (all about 80 kph).
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