South Africa Facts

The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.

A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.

An African Baobab tree in South Africa, known as Big Baobab, has a circumference of 154 feet and even has a bar inside the trunk that can fit 60 people.

In the late 1990s, a South African inventor created the 'Blaster,' a car-mounted flamethrower designed to repel carjackers, which briefly became legal to sell due to a loophole in self-defense laws.