Can across this on FB. Thought is was an interesting read. Source is a page called Fun To Know
Trinidad & Tobago
1. The Steelpan: The only new acoustic instrument to be invented and accepted worldwide in the 20th century originated in Trinidad and Tobago.
2. Trinidad and Tobago is home to the world’s largest traffic roundabout around the Queen’s Park Savannah.
3. In 2006, Trinidad and Tobago became the smallest country ever to qualifier for the 2006 Football World Cup.
4. Trinidad and Tobago contestant Ms Janelle “Penny” Commissiong was the first Black Miss Universe in 1977.
5. Trinidad and Tobago’s Brian Charles Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings (400 not out against England, Antigua 2004). He is also the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career.
6. Trinidad and Tobago is one of the oldest hydrocarbon producers in the world, with commercial production dating as early as 1908. Trinidad and Tobago is also a major petrochemical hub and is the one of the world’s largest exporters of ammonia, ethanol and liquefied natural gas. The two largest methanol plants in the world are found in Trinidad.
7. The Leather back Turtle: the largest of all living turtles chooses the shores of Trinidad and Tobago as one of its nesting grounds. Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most important leather back nesting sites.
8. The Pitch Lake: The Pitch Lake in South Trinidad is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world.
9. Trinidad and Tobago is the birthplace of calypso, a style of Afro-Caribbean music that gained international popularity in the 1950s, primarily through the music of Harry Belafonte.
