Africa is the second largest continent in the world - making up approximately 22% of the earth's total land area and 6% of the earth's total surface

Africa is home to the world's largest reptile - the Nile crocodile

Almost half of the gold ever mined on earth came from a single piece, Witwatersrand, South Africa

The palace of the lost city is the world's biggest themed resort, located in South Africa

George Lucas filmed various parts of star wars in the Tunisian Sahara Desert. However, the movie sets are slowly being engulfed by moving sun dunes

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world

Four of the five fastest land animals reside in Africa: the lion, the wildebeest, the cheetah and the thomson's gazelle. All these animals run at speeds above 50 miles per hour; with the cheetah reaching a top speed of about 70 miles per hour

The palace of the lost city is the world's biggest themed resort, located in South Africa

Egypt is the most popular tourist destination in Africa, attracting around 10 million visitors per year.

Most of the world's fastest runners come from a single tribe in Kenya, called the 'KALENJINS'

Over one thousand languages are spoken in Africa, and some scholars place this number closer to two thousand

There's a beer brewed from bananas in Africa