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
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
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
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
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
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