A pre-historic crocodile, Mariliasuchus amarali, was found in Marilia and its name was a tribute to the city.
In 1797 enemies of Bocage belonging to the New Arcadia delated him to Manique, who on the pretext afforded by some anti-religious verses, the Epistola a Marilia, and by his loose life, arrested him when he was about to flee the country and lodged him in the Limoeiro, where he spent his thirty-second birthday.
Marília Futebol Clube, commonly known as Marília, is a Brazilian football club based in Imperatriz, Maranhão state.