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top ten world cup 2010 south africa moments -

01. paul the octopus: the octopi that told the future.

paul the octopus lived in a tank in germany who many believed foretold the outcome of football matches. paul had never been wrong once in his two years of life; he correctly predicted the UEFA euro 2008 matches as well as the FIFA world cup 2010 in south africa. at first, germans used him to predict the matches of germany, but later on extended to the final of spain versus netherlands; paul correctly predicted spain. in his predictions, he chose a mussel from a box that had each country’s flag displayed. although paul died on the 26th of october 2010, this octopus will forever remain in our hearts. he was that little something that made the world cup special and none of us will ever forget him. we may never eat paella or calamari the same way again.

(via foreverbarca)