- ...that the Itaipu Dam (pictured) is one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World according to the American Society of Civil Engineers?
- ...that the court for the Mesoamerican ballgame found at Chichen Itza is the largest ever discovered?
- ...that Guatemala City is the largest in Central America?
- ...that the Inca road system covered approximately 22,530 km (14,000 mi) and provided access to over three million km² of territory?
- ...that the Catedral da Sé in São Paulo is in the Gothic style, even though it was begun in 1913?