1 South American rain forests are home to ONE QUARTES OF ALL BUTTERFLY SPECIES on Earth
2-ONLY A FOOT TALL ( 30 cm ) at its shoulder , a SMALL DEER CALLED THE PUDU lives in South America . It sometimes has to stand on its hind legs to reach food .
3 You can ski at the WORLD'S MIGREST SKI RESORT DE BOLIVIA It takes about 30 MINUTES to hike up to the only ski run .
4 A smaller version of the STATUE OF LIBERTY can be found in Buenos Aires , Argentina .
5-VENEZUELANS BURN LIFE SIZE DOLLS representing their problems each New Year's Eve to mark the be ginning of a new year
6 VENEZUEDAS ANGEL FALLS — the world's highest at 3,212 FEET ( 979 m ) is named for an American aviator who first flew over the falls .
7 Isolated some 620 miles ( 1.000 km ) from the mainland , the 19 Islands of the Galapagos are home to the FOUR FOOT ( 1.4- ) LONG IGUANA and many other unique animals.
8 Peru has more than 3.000 different kinds of POTATOES .
9 ROBINSON CRUSOE a book about a castaway stranded on a tropical island was INSPIRED BY REAL MAN who was ship wrecked on an island off the coast of Chile .
10 ARICA CHILE.Is the world's DRIEST PLACE it hardly ever rains there
11-You can find yellow , green , and red MINIATURE BANANAS in Ecuador
12- In the 19th century , Peruvians made MONEY BY SELLING BIRD DROPPINGS which were used as a fertilizer
13-COLOMBIA is named after CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
14-BRAZIL , SHARES A BORDER with all the countries in South America except Ecuador and Chile
15- A kind of dance called the gallopa in PARAGUAY includes women BALANCING BOTTLES on their heads .
16 BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA is home to one of the world's WIDEST STREETS : It's nine lanes wide
17-More than 700,000 different kinds of insects live in BRAZIL
18-COLOMBIA is the only country in South America where can you SWIM BOTH THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS , since it has a coast Line on each
19-South America's rain forests are home to the world's SMALLEST MONRE ( PYGMY MARMOSET ) and the LOUDEST THE HOWLER MONKEY .
20-INCA RULERS wore clothes made from the wool of the Vicuña , a LLAMA - LIKE ANIMAL prized for Its SOFTNESS .
21-PATAGONIA in southern Chile has a shoreline divided by fjords , Islands , and inlets that stretches over 50.000 MILES ( 90,000 km ) . That's about twice around the globe .
22- URUGUAYAN COWBOYS , called GAUCHOS , wear black hats .
23 -The MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S EMERALDS come from Colombia
24-The ANDES is the world's LARGEST ABOVE WATER MOUNTAIN RANGE . If laid in a straight line , the mountains would stretch from Chicago , U.S.A. , to Berlin , Germany .
25-Argentina's president works in a building known as " THE PINK HOUSE ( La Casa Rosada )
26 -CHILI PEPPERS were used to flavor foods and traded across South and Central America some 6,000 years ago . Today , chilies can be so " hot " they can burn through latex gloves .
27-LLAMAS are related to CAMELS , but don't have a hump . South Americans use llamas as PACK ANIMALS . but if too much weight is added most llamas will refuse to move .
28-PEOPLE LIVE ON FLOATING ISLANDS made out of woven reeds in LAKE TITICACA , on the border between Peru and Bolivia . The largest islands can house up to ten families .
29-CHILE IS A SKINNY COUNTRY - its average width is only about 109 miles ( 175 km ) -- but the country stretches some 4,000 miles ( 6,440 km ) down along the Pacific Ocean .
30-SOCCER is a big deal in BRAZIL.Its national team has WON FIVE WORLD CUPS - more than any other country.
31-A FAVORITE FOOD IN COLOMBIA is hormiga culona , or ROASTED ANTS .
32-PERU'S MANU NATIONAL PARK has six species of colorful macaws and more than 100 SPECIES OF BATS . Jaguars also roam the park .
33-A tower made out of a HALF - MILLION LEGOS and standing taller than 102 FEET ( 31 m ) was built in São Paulo , Brazil , in April 2011 . That's about the size of a ten - story building .
34- Since the EQUATOR runs through ECUADOR you can stand in both the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres at once . " ECUADOR " MEANS EQUATOR IN SPANISH .
35-There's a SILVER MINE in BOLIVIA that's so dangerous it is known as the " MOUNTAIN THAT EATS MENS.
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