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Interesting Facts about Tanzania

Trivia, oddities, and curious tidbits about Tanzania.

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24 curious facts about Tanzania.

Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa.
Archaeological remains almost two million years old were found at Olduvai Gorge in the Serengeti Plain in northern Tanzania by Louis and Mary Leakey. They have given scientists many clues about how the earliest humans lived.
Jane Goodall, the famous zoologist, conducted her 30-year study of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
Jane Goodall, the famous zoologist, conducted her 30-year study of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.

The bottom of Lake Tanganyika, at 358 metres below sea level, is the lowest point in Africa. This lake lies in the Great Rift Valley, a geological fault line that extends 9,700 kilometres, crossing the continent from Jordan to Mozambique.
The Stone Town of Zanzibar, with its whitewashed houses, carved doorways and winding lanes, looks much the same today as it did 200 years ago. It has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
On November 10, 1871, the American journalist Henry Morton Stanley encountered the British explorer and missionary David Livingstone at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika and greeted him with the now-famous words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume.”
Before Masai men marry, they are expected to earn the title morani by killing a lion using only spears, clubs or machetes.
Before Bahaya men can be married they must learn about their family history and choose an ancestor as their role model. This ancestor will be mentioned during the marriage ceremony and the community will expect the young man to behave like his role model
Cloves are the dried flower buds of an evergreen tree. Cloves were first cultivated in Indonesia and introduced to Zanzibar in the early 19th century. Cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom are also cultivated on the island.