Hello Gentle readers, the other day I had 10 visits from Brazil so here are my fun facts about the home of the Samba.
1. Sex change operations are free in Brazil.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changing_legal_gender_assignment_in_Brazil
2. in 1958, a rhino ran for public office in an election in Sao Paulo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human_electoral_candidates
3. The capital of Brazil, Brasilia looks like an aeroplane from above.
4.There is a colony in Brazil, that was founded by Confederate refugees who fled the USA after the civil war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana,_S%C3%A3o_Paulo
5. Half of the top 20 cities with the worst murder rates are in Brazil.
6. The Brazilian government deliver mother's breast milk to mothers who cannot produce their own.
http://ns.umich.edu/new/multimedia/videos/22571-learning-from-brazil-s-success-with-milk-banks
7. About 4 million African slaves ended up in Brazil. That's about 40% of all slaves in the Americas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil
8. Brazil has the largest Japanese community outside Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_diaspora
9. Rio de Janeiro was once the capital of Portugal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro#History
10. Brazilian athletes on their way to the 1932 Olympics, funded their travels by selling coffee on their trip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics
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