Did you know? Is a new kind of series on steemit that brings to you interesting facts about every country in the world. We're starting by using the seven continents Alphabetically which are Africa, Antarctia, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.
Now we're going to be kicking off with Africa and taking a look at the interesting facts about the 54 African countries. Each country depending on how much interesting facts we dig up can have up to 30 episodes. As the series goes on you would be given the chance to upvote your country and the country with the highest upvote gets to break alphabetical order process and gets to be the next country to be talked about. But note that you can't upvote for an continent.
And our first African country is Algeria.
EPISODE ONE
ALGERIA
Did you know that Algeria is the largest country in Africa and its capital is Algiers
Did you know that 80% of the Sahara desert covers 80% of Algeria
Did you know that the highest temperature ever recorded in Algeria was 51C (123.8F) in August 2011
Did know that Algeria's official language is Arabic. The people speak Arabic, Berber or French
Did you know Algeria's official religion ia Islam and that it is illegal to promote any other religion to the people.
Did you know that the natural animal of Algeria is the Fennec Fox and their national football team ia named after the animal "Les Fennecs".
Did know tjat using your finger to point at objects or people is considered rude in Algeria
Did you know that 2% of Algeria's exports are fossil fuels while petroleum and natural gas make up for the 98%
Did you know that Algeria is Africa's largest oat market
Did you know that......................................................................watch out for Episode 2