- Trinidad and Tobago has about 470 species of birds, making it one of the richest birding countries per square mile
- Tobago was the location of the book “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe, and is also believed to be the place Robert Louis Stevenson had in mind when he wrote Treasure Island
- Tobago has changed hands more than any other Caribbean Island, more than 30 times before the English finally settled in 1814
- Wearing camouflage clothing is against the law in Trinidad
- The literacy rate of Trinidad exceeds that of the U.S.
- Steel pan (Steel Drum) music originated in Trinidad in the 1930s as an orchestra of frying pans, dustbin lids, and oil drums
- While more closely aligned culturally with English speaking areas of Central and North America, Trinidad is on the South American plate and a mere 7 miles from Venezuela
