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REASONS THAT IF BRAZIL WERE A PERSON IT WOULD BE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY

Added on: 3rd Aug 2016

 

 

BRAZIL ONCE TRIED TO SELL AN AIRCRAFT

CARRIER ON EBAY

Brazil once tried to sell an aircraft carrier on eBay

 

 

THE PORTUGUESE THOUGHT BRAZIL WAS SO COOL,

THEY EVEN MOVED THEIR CAPITAL THERE AT ONE

POINT (IN REALITY IT WAS BECAUSE THE

PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT WAS RUNNING AWAY

FROM NAPOLEON). THIS MAKES RIO DE JANEIRO

THE ONLY EUROPEAN CAPITAL TO EVERY BE

LOCATED OUTSIDE OF EUROPE

The Portuguese thought Brazil was so cool, they even moved their capital there at one point (in reality it was because the Portuguese government was running away from Napoleon). This makes Rio de Janeiro the only European capital to every be located outside of Europe

 

 

THE JAPANESE LOVE BRAZIL TOO. IN FACT, THE

BIGGEST JAPANESE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF

JAPAN IS IN BRAZIL

The Japanese love Brazil too. In fact, the biggest Japanese community outside of Japan is in Brazil

 

 

RIO DE JANEIRO WAS A MISTAKE. WELL, IT'S NAME

WAS. IT MEANS JANUARY RIVER BECAUSE THE

EXPLORER WHO DISCOVERED IT DIDN'T REALIZE IT

WAS ONLY A BAY

Rio de Janeiro was a mistake. Well, it's name was. It means January River because the explorer who discovered it didn't realize it was only a bay.

 

 

THE 2016 OLYMPICS IN RIO DE JANEIRO WILL BE THE

FIRST TIME A SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY HAS

THE RIGHT TO HOST THEM

The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be the first time a South American country has the right to host them

 

 

THERE IS A RIVER BENEATH THE AMAZON (YES,

UNDERGROUND!) THAT IS JUST AS LONG BUT

POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF TIMES WIDER!

There is a river beneath the Amazon (yes, underground!) that is just as long but potentially hundreds of times wider!

 

 

AFTER THE END OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR A

BUNCH OF SOUTHERNERS MOVED TO BRAZIL BECAUSE

SLAVERY WAS STILL LEGAL THERE. THEY FOUND A

SETTLEMENT CALLED AMERICANA. IT HAS ABOUT A

QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE TODAY

After the end of the American Civil War a bunch of southerners moved to Brazil because slavery was still legal there. They found a settlement called Americana. It has about a quarter million people today.

 

 

OKAY, SO BRAZIL WASN'T SO COOL WHEN IT CAME TO

SLAVERY. NEARLY 40% OF ALL THE SLAVES EVER

TAKEN OUT OF AFRICA ENDED UP IN BRAZIL (4 MILLION)

Okay, so Brazil wasn't so cool when it came to slavery. Nearly 40% of all the slaves ever taken out of Africa ended up in Brazil (4 million)

 

 

IN BRAZIL YOU ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO VOTE

In Brazil you are legally required to vote

 


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