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"Brazil has the largest black population outside Africa. And the largest Japanese population outside Japan. And the largest German population outside Germany. And the largest Bolivian population outside Bolivia. Brazil has actually more Portuguese people than Portugal."

- circlemaze

383 Você sabia?

Estima-se que cerca de um décimo (1/10), da população brasileira seja de descendentes de judeus cristãos-novos - alguns historiadores afirmam que na verdade essa proporção é de 35%. Isso equivale, na menor das estimativas, a 17 milhões de pessoas.

13 Você sabia?

O Nordeste brasileiro é detentor do maior volume de água represado em regiões semiáridas do mundo. São 37 bilhões de metros cúbicos, estocados em cerca de 70 mil represas. A água existe, todavia o que falta aos nordestinos é uma política coerente de distribuição desses volumes, para o atendimento de suas necessidades básicas.

100 Fast fact about Brazil

About one-fourth of the world’s known plant species are found in Brazil.

39 Fast fact about Brazil

The city of Rio de Janeiro throws a New Year’s Eve party that is probably the biggest – and arguably the most spectacular – in the world. Around two million people, all of them dressed at least partly in white (a popular tradition adopted from Afro-Brazilian religion), congregate on the huge crescent-shaped expanse of Copacabana beach to watch a midnight firework display.

57 Fast fact about Brazil

Brazil has the world’s second biggest black population after Nigeria, the largest number of people of Japanese ancestry outside Japan, and more people of Lebanese or Syrian extraction than the combined populations of Lebanon and Syria.

832 Fast fact about Brazil

More than 80% of Brazilians live in urban areas. São Paulo is the biggest and most populous city in South America.

35 Fast fact about Brazil

The most famous of the gentle bossa nova melodies of the 1950s and 60s, Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema) by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes is generally thought to be among the five most-played pieces of music (either live or on the radio) in the world.

23 Fast fact about Brazil

Capital punishment was last used as a form of punishment in Brazil in 1876, and has not been officially used since the proclamation of the Republic in 1889. Brazil was the second country in the Americas to abolish this form of punishment, preceded by Costa Rica in 1859.

26 Fast fact about Brazil

Against a backdrop of rising concerns about climate change and declining oil reserves, Brazil has become a pioneer in the production of ethanol (produced from sugarcane) and other biofuels. More than three-quarters of the automobiles sold in Brazil have flex-fuel engines, capable of running on petrol, ethanol, or a mixture of the two.