1 Duelling is still legal. Duels can only take place between two people, there has to be medical staff on hand and participants must be registered blood donors.

2 The capital city is Asuncion and the name Paraguay means “water that goes to the water”. They have a population of 5,585,828.

3 The national meal is called Mandioca and is basically beans and maize mixed together. Sounds lovely. A cup of mate (pronounced may-tay) is the local tea.

4 The country’s motto is “Paz y justicia” which in English means “Peace and Justice.”

5 Paraguay have the largest navy of any land-locked country.

6 Europeans first arrived in the country in the early 16th century and the settlement of Asuncion was founded on August 15, 1537, by the Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar.

7 Paraguay declared its independence on May 14, 1811 when they overthrew the Spaniards.

8 During the War of the Triple Alliance (1865-1870), Paraguay lost 54,000 square miles of territory to neighbouring Bolivia and anything up to two-thirds of the male population was killed.

9 Paraguay’s history is littered with skirmishes with Bolivia.

10 The south-eastern border is formed by the Parana River, containing the Itaipu dam that Brazil shares. It is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world.

11 The local climate ranges from subtropical to temperate.

12 Paraguay has a market economy as almost half the population makes its living from agriculture.

13 About 60 per cent of the GDP is dependent on commerce from Brazil.

14 They are very big on embroidery.

15 Unlike many Latin American countries, Paraguay has no aristocratic upper class.

16 As with most of South America, the family unit rules.

17 In what is still a deeply conservative country, a big debate at the moment is the amount of children born out of wedlock.

18 El Presidente is Nicanor Duarte Frutos, a popular 49-yearold farmer’s son.

19 Paraguay is a big friend of America. The US army has a base with 20,000 soldiers.

20 The average First Division footballer gets paid £150 a month.

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The highest point in the Republic of Paraguay is Cerro Pero (842 m).

The Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater wetland, extends through Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.

The River Paraguay divides the country into two regions: the west, also known as the Chaco, and the east. Most of the people live in the east of Paraguay – only two to three percent of the population lives in the Chaco.

The Chaco consists mainly of plains and forests. It is the location of a number of Paraguay’s National Parks.

The Guarani are one of the indigenous groups which inhabited Paraguay before the arrival of Europeans.

The majority of Paraguayans speak Guarani as well as Spanish. Guarani and Spanish are both official languages.

Asuncion (Nuestra Senora de Santa Maria de Asuncion) was founded by Spaniards, led by Juan de Salazar y Espinoza in 1537.

The Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and the Jesus de Tavarangue Mission are on the World Heritage List.

Paraguay gained independence in 1811.

The War of the Triple Alliance between Paraguay and [the alliance of] Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil (1865-1870) resulted in the loss of large areas of land as well as the lives of a very high percentage of Paraguay’s soliders.

The Chaco War (1932-1935) between Paraguay and Bolivia was an attempt by landlocked Bolivia to gain access to the Atlantic coast through the Rio de la Plata river system.

The first railway line in Paraguay, constructed between 1858 and 1861, was built by British engineers.

The Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, a joint project between Paraguay and Brazil (1975-1991), supplies substantial amounts of energy to both countries.

In August 2004 over four hundred and twenty people died in a fire at a shopping centre in Asuncion.

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The first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused was Harry Washburn. There are 118 ridges on a dime (the little bumps on the edges of the dime) Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil) Women blink nearly twice as much as men. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!! In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds. Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year. It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it…) Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards. In Somalia, Africa, it’s been decreed illegal to carry old chewing gum stuck on the tip of your nose. In some smaller towns in the state of Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders. Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego. In Michigan it’s illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket. The name “fez” is Turkish for “Hat”. Malcolm Lowry had pnigophobia—the fear of choking on fish bones. Augustus Caesar had achluophobia—the fear of sitting in the dark. Androphobia is a fear of men. Caligynephobia is a fear of beautiful women. Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law. Scopophobia is a fear of being looked at. Phobophobia is a fear of fearing. Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook. Papaphobia is the fear of Popes. Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive. Clinophobia is the fear of beds. Hot water is heavier than cold. Men have more blood than women. Men have 1.5 gallons for men versus 0.875 gallons for women. The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet. A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink When police arrived in Appleton, Wisconsin to remove a woman’s children because of a complaint that she had given her 11-year-old daughter a “swirlie” (Holding her head in a flushing toilet). The woman reportedly said, “I haven’t had a vacation in 13 years, go ahead and take them!” A reward of $1,000 was offered for information leading to the capture and conviction of a man robbing taxi drivers. The man turned himself in and demanded the reward as a result. He received a 20 year sentence for aggravated robbery instead.

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