... that the queen parrotfish feeds on the algae it scrapes from corals and other surfaces, resulting in bioerosion?
... that the Creole Petroleum Corporation's 1956 propaganda film Assignment: Venezuela sought to convince American oil workers that the anti-capitalist military dictatorship had embraced the American way of life?
... that former astrophysicist Alejandra Melfo now works on preserving microbial life from Venezuela's rapidly receding last glacier?
... that Venezuelan politician Miguel Pizarro was expelled from high school for starting protests against military education?
... that Venezuelan journalist Fabiana Rosales(pictured) has assumed the role of international ambassador, soliciting support for her husband's opposition party, towards resolving the crisis in Venezuela?
... that Román Chalbaud's 1977 film El Pez que Fuma was inspired by stories from prostitutes at a brothel he used to frequent?
... that the production of the film El Caracazo required a military security presence for the filming of scenes of riot and massacre in the centre of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas?
... that Venezuelan director Román Chalbaud became interested in camera angles after playing an angel in a Nativity play and seeing the stage and the audience from on high?
... that the 31 acoustic panels (pictured) on the ceiling of the Central University of Venezuela's Aula Magna auditorium were originally meant to be an art installation in the outside corridor?
... that the cocoi heron(pictured) is the largest heron in South America?
... that after leading the first slave insurrection in Venezuela's history, Miguel de Buría had himself crowned as king?
... that in The Field of Fight, new US National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn argues that Bolivia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela are allied with Al-Qaeda and ISIS?
... that when it leased the planes of a failed Venezuelan airline, a Bolivian company retained the name LaMia to avoid the cost of repainting the aircraft?
... that Venezuela formerly produced almost as much coffee as Colombia, but by 2001 its coffee production was only about one percent of world production?
... that the edifice (pictured) was the focal point for the Constitutional Convention and signing of the Declaration of Independence of Venezuela in the nineteenth century, hence known as the "cradle of independence"?
... that the Movimiento 2D is a Venezuelan opposition movement founded and led by the editor/proprietor of the daily El Nacional?
... that the present Alto Vista Chapel(pictured) in Aruba, completed in 1952, stands at the location where the original chapel was built in 1750 by Domingo Silvestre, a missionary from Venezuela? (image lost)
... that Venezuela's 2006 National Commission on Police Reform proposed a new model of policing with a new police force specifically trained in human rights?
...that current Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister and ambassador to the OASJorge Valero, a vocal spokesman for the Chavez government, fell out with his brother Hidalgo, an anti-Chavez activist?