Portal:Tanzania/Did you know
- ...that Rusumo Falls (pictured) was a significant site during the 1994 Rwandan genocide as thousands of dead bodies flowed underneath the bridge while a simultaneous stream of refugees crossed over it, fleeing into Tanzania to escape the fighting?
- ... that at the time of its sinking in the 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War, HHS Glasgow was the only ship in the navy of Zanzibar?
- ... that before Tanzanian soldiers could attack Lira in 1979, their commander gifted food and cooking oil to a ferry pilot so that he would ship them across a lake?
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Did you know 1
Portal:Tanzania/Did you know/1
- ... that Changuu Island, Zanzibar, houses a collection of endangered Aldabra Giant Tortoises (pictured)?
Did you know 2
Portal:Tanzania/Did you know/2
- ...that Sonjo, a Bantu language of northern Tanzania, has been spoken for centuries in an isolated enclave in Maasai territory?
Did you know 3
Portal:Tanzania/Did you know/3
- ...that Rusumo Falls (pictured) was a significant site during the 1994 Rwandan genocide as thousands of dead bodies flowed underneath the bridge while a simultaneous stream of refugees crossed over it, fleeing into Tanzania to escape the fighting?
Did you know 4
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- ...that the Lake Tanganyika passenger ferry MV Liemba (pictured) began its life as a German warship in World War I, spent eight years on the bottom of the lake, and later portrayed the Empress Luisa in the film The African Queen?
Did you know 5
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- ...that South Korean United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Tanzanian Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro (pictured) previously worked together as foreign ministers?
Did you know 6
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- ...that while the first union was founded in 1927, Tanzania did not have a significant labor movement until the 1940s?
Did you know 7
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- ...that tourism in Zanzibar is the top income generator for the islands, out-earning the lucrative spice industry?
Did you know 8
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- ... that Khalid bin Barghash fought a 38-minute war with the British during his two-day rule as Sultan of Zanzibar?
Did you know 9
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- ... that the Anglo-Zanzibar War, considered the shortest war in history, lasted around forty minutes?
Did you know 10
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- ... that at the time of its sinking in the 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War, HHS Glasgow was the only ship in the navy of Zanzibar?
Did you know 11
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- ... that the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution sparked army mutinies in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika?
Did you know 12
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- ... that the recent persecution of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi is based on the belief that their body parts have magical power and impart prosperity?
Did you know 13
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- ... that Operations Parthenon, Boris, Finery, Shed and Plan Giralda were all British plans for military intervention in Zanzibar following the 1964 revolution?
Did you know 14
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- ... that members of the Kasakela chimpanzee community were the first non-human animals observed making tools?
Did you know 15
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- ...that the University Students' African Revolutionary Front was a political student group formed in 1967 at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania?
Did you know 16
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- ... that the Battle for Lake Tanganyika involved an expedition dragging two motor boats through Africa, led by a man who was "court-martialled for wrecking his own ships, an inveterate liar and a wearer of skirts"?
Did you know 17
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- ...that The Tanganyika Rifles mutinied in 1964, seizing control of Tanganyika for days before surrendering to the Royal Marines?
Did you know 18
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- ... that the first expedition of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa ended disastrously, when the bishop and several others died of malaria?
Did you know 19
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- ... that Kihaule's mouse shrew is named after the medical-entomological technician who collected the type specimen from the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania?
Did you know 20
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- ... that Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi ordered his air force to attack a city during the Uganda–Tanzania War, but his bomber instead hit a game reserve and killed antelopes?
Did you know 21
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- ... that before Tanzanian soldiers could attack Lira in 1979, their commander gifted food and cooking oil to a ferry pilot so that he would ship them across a lake?
Did you know 22
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- ... that South African lawyer Sibongile Ndashe was arrested in Tanzania for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for HIV/AIDS?
Did you know 23
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- ... that Ugandan military commander Isaac Maliyamungu reportedly wept after witnessing how much destruction his country's army had caused in Tanzania?
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