Brazil has been the world’s largest exporter of coffee for more than 150 years

Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese

Brazil has the 2nd highest number of airports in the world, after the U.S

The name Brazil comes from ‘Brazilwood’ – the name of a tree in Brazil

Brazil has a city called “Nao-Me-Toque.” It literally means “Don’t Touch Me.”

In every city in Brazil, there is at least one soccer stadium

The potato is originally from Peru, and there are over 3,000 different varieties of Potato grown in Peru

Forget the Sahara Desert, Peru actually has the highest sand dunes in the World. Cerro Blanco sand dune, located in the Sechura Desert in the south of Peru, measures 3,860 feet from the base to the summit

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world with an elevation of 11,436 feet

Peru has the longest left-handed wave in the world.

The Amazon River is the longest river in the world and it starts in Peru!

Peru is home to the Puya Raimondii, the world’s tallest flowering plant