Did you know? Brazil once tried to sell their Aircraft carrier on eBay.
Mind-Blowing, isn’t it? With over 214.00 million people, Brazil is not only one of the best countries to travel, but it is also a country filled with interesting facts that you should know.
1-5 Awesome Facts about Brazil
1. Brazil is the 5th largest country on the planet. It can fit all of Western Europe (and some Eastern).
2. Brazil has the largest Japanese, Italian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Korean communities outside their native countries.
3. Brazil also has the world’s second-largest black population after Nigeria.
And is one of the 17 megadiverse countries.
4. Unfortunately, it also has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
5. In Brazil, prisoners can reduce their sentence by 4 days every month for every book they read and write a report about.
6-10 Awesome Facts about Brazil
6. The Monumental axis is the widest Road in the world, it can accommodate 160 cars driving side by side.
7. Brazil distributes breast milk throughout the country to mothers who cannot provide for their kids.
8. Since 2003, Brazil has banned Indoor tanning for anyone of any age (Using a tanning bed, booth, or sunlamp to get a tan is called indoor tanning. Indoor tanning can cause skin cancers.)
9. Would you believe that dolphins help fishermen catch fish? Whether you believe it or not, In Brasil, they do. Some fishermen in Brazil do get a bit of help from a herd of well-known bottlenose dolphins. In Laguna, a friendly pod of bottlenose dolphins herds fishes toward local fishermen. The dolphins then use a series of tail slaps to signal the fishermen to throw their nets in the water. This impressive collaboration dates back to at least 1847.
10. Brazil once tried to sell their Aircraft carrier on eBay.
11-15 Awesome Facts about Brazil
11. The world’s largest population of Catholics (11.6%) lives in Brazil. They make up 64% of its population.
12. Brazil also has the second largest population of Christians after the United States of America.
13. Brazil has 21 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
14. Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer, one of the world’s Seven Wonders of the World, gets hit by lightning maybe a bit too much. In 2008, it suffered finger, head, and eyebrow damage leading to a $4 million renovation in 2010. Later, in 2014, lightning hit and broke one of Christ’s fingers. JESUS CHRIST!
15. Are you looking everywhere for a peculiarly themed bar that you can’t find anywhere else, then Look no further than Brazil and its out-of-left-field trend of Osama Bin Laden-themed pubs. There are currently two establishments: Bar do Bin Laden in Sao Paulo, which is run by a man who resembles Osama, and Caverna do Bin Laden. The latter translates roughly to “Bin Laden’s Cave.” Niteroi, which is about 30 miles north of crowded Rio de Janeiro, is home to this pool bar and drinking establishment.
16-20 Awesome Facts about Brazil
16. Due to financial crises in 1932, Brazilian athletes had to sell coffee on their way to the Los Angeles Olympics.
17. The Santa Rita Do Sapucai prison in Brazil allows its inmates to exercise bikes to power lights in a nearby town in exchange for reduced sentences.
They lose one day from their sentence for every 16 hours they pedal.
18. The public health system in Brazil offers free sex-change services. They recognize this as a constitutional right.
19. It is the only nation to have won five FIFA World Cups.
20. A Prison in Northeastern Brazil uses Geese as an Alarm system. It is an extra layer of security added because whenever there is a strange movement, the geese that are roaming on the prison ground will alarm the guards by making noises.
21-25 Awesome Facts about Brazil
21. The Amazon Jungle has the greatest biodiversity on the planet.
22. There’s a spider in Brazil whose bites can cause an erection that lasts FOR HOURS.
23. The Ilha da Queimada, more commonly known as Snake Island, houses a snake population of 5 snakes per square meter. For better or worse, this creepy Brazilian Island is off-limits to people.
24. Brazil’s capital Brasilia looks like an airplane from above.
25. After the United States, Brazil has the highest number of airports in the world.
That’s it for this post guys, I hope you had fun while reading 25 Awesome facts about Brasil.
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