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Fact #113896

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Short story:

When Paul McCartney plays at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, four lion cubs are born in Salto Zoo, and are named Paul, John, George and Ringo in honour of The Beatles.

Full article:

Stuart Bell (publicist, Paul McCartney) : In Uruguay, (Apr 19, 2004, just as Paul landed, four lion cubs were born in Salto Zoo and they named them Paul, John, George and Ringo. That became a national tv news story in itself and that kind of thing happens everywhere he goes.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, for Audience magazine, Sep 2014)