- ...that the Almirante Grau (pictured), flagship of the Peruvian Navy, is the last gun cruiser in service in the world?
- ...that former president Alberto Fujimori is currently facing trial on charges of corruption and human rights abuses?
- ...that in comparison to sheep's wool alpaca fiber is warmer, not prickly, and has no lanolin which makes it hypoallergenic?
- ...that tenor Juan Diego Flórez broke a decades old tradition of no encores at La Scala while performing Donizetti's La fille du régiment?
- ...that Universitario de Deportes has won twenty-five national premier leagues, more than any other football club in Peru?
