03Pillar · Worth knowing
The small things no one tells you.
The Tuesday market that beats any restaurant. The 30 minutes that turn a museum visit around. The detail no guidebook prints. The difference between a nice trip and a memorable one is almost always tiny.
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PretoriaSouth Africa
Pretoria’s purple is not a local tree.
Hiram Bingham III Machu PicchuPeru
Machu Picchu was never lost.
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FreetownSierra Leona
Krio is not broken English.
PortoPortugal
Port wine makes sense on the other bank.
Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner VictoriaCoco de mer · up to 25 kg
The world's largest seed does not leave the country without a permit and a numbered tag.
Pitele DakarLac Rose · 60,000 t of salt
The pink lake spent almost three years not being pink.
Maxence YamoussoukroArtificial lake · 1980s
There are Nile crocodiles in the middle of the capital, ten metres from the road.
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Ji-Elle São Tomé1913 · a third of the market
In 1913 this island produced more cocoa than anywhere else in the world.
Bintu utuje Kigali2008 · last Saturday of the month
Plastic bags have been banned since 2008.
OtuNwachinemere Abuja+139.7 % · 2000-2010
It was the fastest-growing city in the world for a decade.
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