Chile Facts

In 2003, the skeletal remains of a 6-inch human were found in an abandoned Chilean mining town. Initially a mystery, DNA analysis in 2018 confirmed it was a human female fetus with rare genetic mutations causing severe bone malformations, not an alien as some had speculated.

The world’s largest swimming pool can be found at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile. The pool is 1,013 m (3,324 ft) long, has a maximum depth of 35 m, and even has sailing boats.