Portal:Latin America/Did you know/Week 26, 2006


 * …that the Aztecs associated the jaguar with the god Tezcatlipoca?
 * …that orchids are named after the Greek word for testicle?
 * …that the Titan arum has the largest has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world?
 * …that piranhas, contrary to popular belief, do not eat human flesh?
 * ...that the Galapagos Islands have many species unique to them, including the Galápagos tortoise and the Galápagos Penguin?

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