@enterportugal: 🤯 9 Wildly Weird Facts About Portugal You Won’t Believe Are True 🇵🇹 Portugal isn’t just beaches and pastéis de nata (though we love those too). It’s also:   🧠 A killer’s head floating in a jar – Diogo Alves, the “Aqueduct Killer”, tossed 70 victims off Lisbon’s Águas Livres Aqueduct. His head is still preserved in a jar… in the University of Lisbon. Science? Maybe. Nightmares? Definitely.   🐟 Cod addiction level: legendary – No ocean nearby? No problem. Portugal eats more bacalhau (cod) than anywhere else on Earth – 35kg per person, per year! Fun twist: they adopted the drying technique from… Greenland.   👑 The shortest royal reign ever – Prince Luís Filipe was technically King of Portugal for… just 20 minutes in 1908. Long live the king — briefly.   🪑 Want luck? Step on a chair. – At midnight on New Year’s Eve, it’s tradition to step onto a chair with your right foot first. It’s called “entrar com o pé direito” — literally starting the year on the right foot.   💊 Portugal decriminalised ALL drugs in 2001 — and overdose deaths dropped by 90%. Health > punishment. Other countries are still catching up.   🎭 Forget polished stages — real Fado lives in taverns. It's called Fado Vadio. Anyone can get up and sing their saudade out, raw and unplugged.   🦝 Lisbon’s streets are full of animals… made of trash. Artist Bordalo II turns garbage into giant raccoons, owls, bees and more. Keep your eyes peeled in Alcântara and LX Factory.   🗡️ Portugal banned the death penalty way back in 1867. The last execution? 1846. Way ahead of its time.   📜 Portugal’s real name? República Portuguesa. ‘Portugal’ comes from the Roman “Portus Cale” — today’s Porto. So… Portugal is basically Porto’s glow-up.   💡 Want to visit where these facts come alive? See Bordalo’s Trash Animals at LX Factory or Beato Creative Hub Visit the Aqueduct in Campolide, Lisbon — yes, it’s open to the public! Hear raw Fado Vadio in Tasca do Chico (Bairro Alto or Alfama) Step back in time at Ajuda National Palace, home of Prince Luís Filipe 👇 Which fact shocked you the most? Or do you know an even weirder one? Drop it below! #EnterPortugal #HiddenPortugal #PortugueseFacts #ExplorePortugal

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