1. 93% of new cars sold in Brazil run from an ethanol created from sugar cane
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2. Brazil has the world’s best beach according to TripAdvisor – Baia do Sancho on the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha
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3. There are around two million Brazilians of Japanese descent in Brazil
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4. Rio de Janeiro’s famous statue, Christ the Redeemer, stands more than thirty 38 metres high and weighs over 635 tonnes
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5. The ‘favela’ of Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro has been visited by many celebrities including Madonna and Michael Jackson
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6. Brazil has the fifth largest population in the world
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7. According to a recent report there are at least 70 uncontacted tribes left in the Brazilian Amazon
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8. Some prisoners in Brazil can reduce their sentences by four days for every book they read, a program dubbed “Redemption through Reading”
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9. The fisherman in southeast Brazil use dolphins to herd fish towards their nets
10. Over 82% of Salvador’s population is of African descent
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11. Brazil was the first country in the world to ban tanning beds
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12. Brazil’s capital Brasilia was built in under 4 years between 1956 and 1960 and is shaped like an aeroplane
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