Rio 2016 facts

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Rio's $12 billion 2016 olympic park is mostly abandoned and off limits to tourism.

Medals from 2016 Rio Olympic Games are defective and show rusting, chipping

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1. Within 6 months of the 2016 Rio Olympics; the Maracana Stadium was abandoned, had its power cut off, was invaded by worms and was missing nearly 10% of the stadium's 78,000 seats

2. Rio de Janeiro will host the Soccer World Cup in 2014 and be the first South American city to host the Olympic Games in 2016.

3. At the closing ceremony of Rio 2016, Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe dressed as Super Mario and announced that the country's rich culture will be central to the Olympic Games in 2020.

4. Gabby Douglas competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She won her third Olympic gold medal in the team event.

5. Olympians at the Rio (2016) ate so much McDonalds that the restaurant in the Olympic village that they had to restrict orders of more than 20 items per person.

6. The Rio 2016 Paralympic medals make a sound when they are shaken, allowing visually impaired athletes to identify which color they are. The gold medal makes the loudest noise and the bronze the weakest.

7. A bike path built for Rio 2016 collapsed in April, killing two who were on it at the time

8. Alex Zanardi an ex Formula 1 driver, who lost both his legs to an accident in 2001, won gold & silver medals at the London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016) Paralympics for handcycling.

9. At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, walk race world record holder Yohann Diniz defecated during the 50km competition, when he was near the 15 km mark. He also passed out, near the 30 km mark.

10. 44 of the 172 table tennis players participating at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games were Chinese-born

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No one caught the Zika virus at the 2016 Rio Olympics

The Rio 2016 logo is based on the contours of the city's Sugarloaf Mountain - source

On October 1, 2016, there were was a united unofficial independence referendum for the Brazilian states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina. Out of 617,543 people, 95% voted 'yes'. Those states feel that they give a lot in taxes, they do not get much in return. - source

Rio built a wall to hide poor people in preparation for 2016 Olympics

Half the tickets for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will cost less than $30 (USD). - source

Show jumper Ian Millar, whose first Games were Munich 1972, has helped his nation qualify for Rio 2016 The 69-year-old hopes to make it 11 at the Rio 2016 Games.

NBC tried to change the order of the Rio 2016 Parade of Nations for better ratings. The IOC said no.

The International Olympics Committee ordered 450,000 condoms for more than 10,000 athletes housed in the Olympic Village during the 2016 Rio Summer Games.

13 year old swimmer Gaurika Singh is the youngest Olympian ever. She is competing for Nepal in Rio 2016.

Despite a population of 1.25 billion people, India has zero Rio 2016 Olympic medals, and this is not an unusual result.