Portal:Costa Rica/Did you know

Did you know 1

Portal:Costa Rica/Did you know/1 ...that Inca Dove is a small New World dove that ranges from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica?

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Did you know 2

Portal:Costa Rica/Did you know/2 ...that the Landmarks Foundation helps conserve sacred sites such as the stone spheres of Costa Rica and the moai of Easter Island?

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Did you know 3

Portal:Costa Rica/Did you know/3 ...that the Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica erupted violently in 1963, on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy arrived in the country?

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Did you know 4

Portal:Costa Rica/Did you know/4 ...that Tortuguero National Park is the third-most visited park in Costa Rica, despite the fact that it can only be reached by airplane or boat?

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Did you know 5

Portal:Costa Rica/Did you know/5 ...that John Biehl, a Chilean government minister in the 1990s, led the successful campaign for Costa Rican president Óscar Arias' 1987 Nobel Peace Prize?

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Did you know 6

Portal:Costa Rica/Did you know/6 ...that Pancha Carrasco became Costa Rica's first woman in the military by joining the defending forces at the Battle of Rivas in 1856 with a rifle and a pocketful of bullets?

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