• The King's Rhinoceros

  • Feb 22 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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The King's Rhinoceros

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  • Today's True Weird Stuff - The King's Rhinoceros

    In the 1500s, King Manuel of Portugal gifted Pope Leo a beautiful, white elephant as a gesture of obedience to the Vatican. Unfortunately, the majestic beast passed away after only two years. To make up for it, King Manuel tried to ship Pope Leo a rhinoceros named Ganda; however, the rhino met its demise in a shipwreck before it could make it to Rome. The only good thing to come from this debacle was the immortalization of Ganda by an artist who created a sculpture without ever having seen a rhinoceros.
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