The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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Niger (Africa) has the world's highest fertility rate - 7.1 children per mother.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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