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• the Passeio Público (pictured) of Rio de Janeiro, built between 1779 and 1783, is one of the oldest public parks in the Americas?
• the Palace in the Quinta da Boa Vista park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was inhabited by one King of Portugal and the two Brazilian Emperors?
• the centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is crossed by an 18th century aqueduct (pictured) nicknamed Arcos da Lapa?
• the original owner of the diamond Star of the South (replica pictured) sold it for a mere £3,000, and the buyer later deposited it in the bank of Rio de Janeiro for £30,000?
• the Paço Imperial, a Baroque palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, served as a main government seat for almost 150 years?
• nine new permanent competition venues will be constructed for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
• France Antarctique, a short-lived French colony, was not in Antarctica but in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
• Matt Brown, from Idalou, Texas, won the gold medal for discus with a prosthetic leg at the 2008 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro?
• although Mackerel scad are found from Nova Scotia to Rio de Janeiro, they do not seem common in the Gulf of Mexico?
• Swedish goalkeeper Karl Svensson was given his nickname Rio-Kalle after two heroic matches in the 1950 FIFA World Cup that were actually played in São Paulo and not in Rio de Janeiro?

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