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... that Trinidad and Tobago lie within a plate boundary zone near the south-eastern margin of the Caribbean Plate?
... that Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago?
... that based on proximity, Trinidad and Tobago are sometimes grouped with the Windward Islands, culturally and politically?

... that Arthur N. R. Robinson (1926–2014), the country's third President, is the only person to have served as both Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago?
... that Stella Abidh (1903–1989) is believed to be the first Indo-Trinidadian woman to become a medical doctor?
... that Mike Agostini (1935–2016) was the first track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?

... that Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) visited Port of Spain on 5 February 1985?
... that V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018), from Chaguanas, Trinidad, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001?
... that Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago is known as the home of international cricketer Brian Lara (born 1969)? Lara has made the highest individual score and only quadruple century in Test cricket.

... that the music of Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso, soca, chutney, and steelpan?
... that M. P. Alladin (1919–1980) depicted rural Indo-Trinidadian life in his art, and has been credited with giving "a new dignity" to the subject?
... that in 2012, the Trinidadian Céline Gittens became the first black ballerina to dance the twin rôles of Odette and Odile in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in the United Kingdom?

... that El Cerro del Aripo is the highest point in Trinidad and Tobago? It is part of the Aripo Massif and is located in the Northern Range on the island of Trinidad.
... that Pitch Lake is the world's largest natural deposit of asphalt?
... that Tobago's Main Ridge is one of the oldest protected areas in the world set aside for conservation, having been created by the British Parliament in 1776?

... that Victor Pascall (1886–1930) of Trinidad was considered the best left-arm spinner in West Indies cricket during his career?
... that Anisa Mohammed (born 1988) is the only cricketer to take five five-wicket hauls in women's One Day Internationals?
... that Lord Pretender (1917–2002) was hailed as a "master" of extempo, a lyrically improvised form of calypso music considered a forerunner of rap?

... that Sarran Teelucksingh (c. 1890–1952) was the first Indo-Trinidadian elected to the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago?
... that the National Union of Freedom Fighters in Trinidad and Tobago was the only group to sustain a guerrilla insurgency in the modern English-speaking Caribbean over an extended period of time?
... that in 1992, Camille Robinson-Regis became the youngest senator to be appointed to the cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago?

... that Duguetia tobagensis, a small tree endemic to the island of Tobago, has only been collected three times since its original discovery in 1912?
... that although it has not been formally assessed by the IUCN, the plant Justicia flaviflora is considered critically endangered because it can only be naturally found on one mountain in Trinidad and Tobago?
... that the endemic flora of Trinidad and Tobago includes a total of 59 plant species, including one that was last collected between 1786 and 1791?

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