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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro
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About Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil after São Paulo and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.

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If you add that one to one that was found in Birmingham in the same year, those two fatbergs alone would weigh more than the giant statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro.

from No Such Thing As The Turin Towelette, 2022-03-04 at 00:31:47 · read transcript

Other times Rio de Janeiro came up

  1. That's that is one of the things they call him. Yeah. James, if this guy moves, does the Zono Exclusion move with him? Could he move to the centre of Rio de Janeiro and everyone would have to go? You're absolutely right. This is one fundamental flaw with the way that I've worded by fact. No one is allowed to go within five miles of him if he stands in the middle of his range.

    319: No Such Thing As 19th Century Feudal Japanese Monopoly, 2020-05-01 · listen

  2. Maybe he looks really close when he, when you see it. Wow, that sounds absolutely terrifying. Yeah. Do you know where the largest Jesus statue in the world is, just as a bit of trivia? I would have said in Rio de Janeiro. No, there's a taller one. In Svi-Bodzin in Poland, it's called Christ the King. It's 108 feet tall. It has Wi-Fi transmitter in its crown.

    No Such Thing As A Pint Of Wine, 2018-12-28 · listen

  3. No, but he's really far away. Maybe he looks really close when you see it. Wow. That sounds absolutely terrifying. Do you know where the largest Jesus statue in the world is, just as a bit of trivia? I would have said in Rio de Janeiro. No, there's a taller one. In Svajbodzin in Poland, it's called Christ the King. It's 108 feet tall. It has Wi-Fi transmitter in its crown.

    249: No Such Thing As A Pint Of Wine, 2018-12-28 · listen

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