Interesting Facts about Peru

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12 curious facts about Peru.

The world's largest canyon is in Colca Canyon. The depth is 11,00 feet and it is 37.3 miles long.
The biggest Papal crowd was on Jan 15, 1995 when Pope John Paul II offered Mass to an estimated 4-5 million people at Luneta Park, Manilla, Phillippines.
Peru has the world's highest navigable body of water. Lake Titicaca is 3800 metres above sea level.
Peru is considered to be the archeological capital of South America. The Lost City of the Incas, called Machu Picchu, is located in the Andes Mountains. It is called lost because the Incas abandoned it and the city remained unknown to explorers for several centuries.

Peruvians will offer you an item enthusiastically if you admire it and might be offended if you don't accept it.
For Peruvians an evening of socializing almost always includes lively music and salsa dancing.
The infant mortality rate of 80 per 1000 live births ranks among the highest in South America. One in ten children will not survive to age five.
Several English words actually derive from Quechua, including the following: alpaca, condor, gaucho, jerky, lima (as in the lima bean), llama, pampa, puma, quinine, quinoa and vicuna.
The Roman Catholicism of the Spaniards and the Native Peruvian belief in many gods combined to produce a mixture of Roman Catholic and Native rituals.
An important day on a Native Peruvian's calendar is November 2, the Day of the Dead, when spirits are believed to walk the earth again, visiting their relatives.