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Not quite the 'Girl from Ipanema', a fur seal's rare appearance on Rio's famous beach turns heads
The fur seal on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beach was turning heads of locals and tourists alike Wednesday morning — though not for the same reasons as the famous "Girl from Ipanema." The animal ...
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The back story on the ‘Girl from Ipanema’
And, amazing as it sounds, a girl from Ipanema really did inspire Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese poet Vinicius de Moraes when they spotted her on Rio de Janeiro’s famous ...