Interesting Facts about Costa Rica

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3 curious facts about Costa Rica.

• When a child loses a tooth the mother takes the tooth and has it plated with gold and made into an earring for the child to wear.
• During the fourth voyage to the New World in 1502 Christopher Columbus landed at "Cariari," known today as Puerto Limon. Christopher Columbus actually named Costa Rica (rich coast) under the assumption that the land was filled with precious metals
• Costa Rica has one of world’s largest varieties of flora, fauna.