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TIL Carthage in Phoenician means “New City”. Cartagena (Spain) in Latin means “New Carthage”. Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) was named ‘de Indias’ as it was named after Cartagena (Spain)—it can be interpreted as “New Cartagena”. Therefore the city can basically be read as “New New New City”
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TIL about Caño Cristales, a river in Colombia commonly known as the ‘River of Five Colors’. This colour is caused by great quantities of the endemic plant species ‘Macarenia clavígera’; when the water level rises and sunlight hits the river floor, a vibrant colour spectrum is created.
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