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You never knew that in the 90s, sir Louis Odimegwu Ojukwu was the only Nigerian to own a Rolls Royce and in 1952 his Rolls Royce was used to convey Queen Elizabeth II.

Grace Machel is the only woman to have ever been first lady of two different countries(Mozambique and South Africa).

You never knew that in Ethiopia, clocks are upside down with our 6:oo at their 12:00.

Ethiopia is the only African country with its own alphabets-Ethiopic- and probably one of the oldest with its 345 letters. 

The world biggest frog is found in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. Named the Goliath frog, it can grow up to be a foot long and weigh up to 8Ib.  

Almost half the gold ever mined on Earth has come from a single place Witwatersrand, South Africa. 

Timbuktu, Mali is home of one of the oldest universities in the world established in 982CE.

The official title of Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator, was "His Excellency, president for life, field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO,MC, Lord of all Beasts of the Earth and fishes of the seas and conqueror of the British Empire in Africa General and Uganda in particular.