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Portal:Brazil/Did you know/1

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...that the Pernambucan Revolt of 1817 was a conflict to establish independence for the current Brazilian state of Pernambuco from Portugal?
...that the Baháʼí community in Brazil was established when Leonora Holsapple Armstrong, the first Baháʼí permanent resident in South America, arrived in Brazil in 1921?
...that over 25% of Brazil's electricity is generated by a hydroelectric plant at Itaipu on the Paraná River?

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...that during the five years of fighting in the Cabanagem revolt in Brazil, it is estimated that the population of Pará was reduced from about 100,000 to 60,000?
...that the indigenous peoples of Brazil domesticated cassava?
...that the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro was the setting for the coronation of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil in 1822 and several other important historical events?

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...that the Brazil's 1838 Balaiada uprising was named after the job of one of its leaders, a basketmaker?
...that Lytocaryum weddellianum, an endangered species of palm trees endemic to Brazil, may be saved from extinction as it has become a common potted plant in Europe?
...that France Antarctique, a short-lived French colony, was not in Antarctica but in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?

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...that the city of Barreiras in Bahia, Brazil remained isolated for nearly a decade in the 1960s when the power plant closed?
...that the War of Canudos, an armed conflict in the 1890s in Canudos, Brazil that resulted in the death of more than 15,000 people, was instigated by Christian mystic and messianic leader Antônio Conselheiro and a band of fanatic followers?
...that Junqueirópolis, a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil, is nicknamed "Acerola Capital" for its agriculture?

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...that in 1994, a wild Bottlenose dolphin in Brazil named Tião killed one man and seriously injured a second after they had been harassing the animal?
...that over 200 towns and cities in Brazil are served with a sewer system known as condominial sewerage?
...that the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo, Brazil, features a reversible stage that can play concerts to audiences inside and out?

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...that the Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Paraná, Brazil was reinaugurated to honor its famous architect Oscar Niemeyer, who completed his design for the museum's annex at the age of 95?
...that Ilha dos Marinheiros, the largest and most fertile island in the lagoon Lagoa dos Patos, produces about 80% of the vegetables consumed in Rio Grande, Brazil?
...that the indigenous Nambikwara language of Brazil has a special implosive consonant used only by elderly people?

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...that the French car Simca Vedette (pictured) was first marketed as a Ford and later manufactured as a Chrysler in Brazil?
...that Polyandrococos, a genus of palm trees endemic to Brazil, is so named partly because of its hairy tomentum?
...that only about 10% of Brazil's water resources is located in the Southeast Region, the agricultural and industrial heartland of the country, where 73% of the population resides?

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...that the Paço Imperial, a Baroque palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, served as a main government seat for almost 150 years?
...that the centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is crossed by an 18th century aqueduct nicknamed Arcos da Lapa?
...that all five species of the catfish genus Epactionotus are endemic to limited geographic areas in Brazil and Argentina?

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...that in the 1920s and '30s, various countries such as Mexico, Brazil and Chile issued Art Deco stamps?
...that the Brazillian endemic genus Philcoxia, which may represent another genus of carnivorous plants, was formally described in scientific literature 34 years after the first specimen had been discovered?
...that Carlos Minc, the current Brazilian Minister of Environment, was one of the founding members of the Green Party?

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...that Penedo, a small town in Brazil was colonized by immigrants from Finland?
...that Brazilian-born Alberto Cavalcanti directed the 1942 British propaganda war film Went the Day Well?
...that the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo had its origins in a humble Jesuit mission known today as Pátio do Colégio?

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...that collard greens are used in the Portuguese-Brazilian soup caldo verde ("green broth")?
...that Lear's Macaw is a Brazilian parrot that nests in sandstone cliffs?
...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?

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...that Dimba was the top goalscorer of the 2003 Brazilian football championship?
...that Luís Alves de Lima e Silva was a Brazilian military hero praised for his victories in the War of the Triple Alliance, and that his birthday is celebrated annually as Dia do Soldado?
...that Marcos Daniel is the highest placed Brazilian tennis player on ATP's ranking despite not winning any official ATP tournament?

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...that the Brazilian city of Corumbaíba was founded after a local rancher saw a white wolf, which, according to a legend, would give him good luck, and then built a chapel thanking his luck?
...that Brazilian bull rider Adriano Moraes is one of only three men to ride ten out of ten bulls at the U.S. National Finals Rodeo?
...that the South American rubber boom ceased in 1912 when plantations in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and tropical Africa grown from seed smuggled out of Brazil 36 years earlier began producing rubber?

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...that the Confederation of the Equator was a short-lived state established in northeastern Brazil during their struggle for independence from Portugal?
...that the Brazilian labour movement was predominantly anarchist until the 1920s?
...that the Palace in the Quinta da Boa Vista park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was inhabited by one King of Portugal and the two Brazilian Emperors?

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...that jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's song "Ogunde" is based on the Afro-Brazilian folk song "Ogunde Varere", which translates to "Prayer of the Gods"?
...that Brazilian indie singer-songwriter CéU was the first international artist chosen for promotion through the Starbucks Hear Music Debut CD series?
...that Ottomar Pinto has served three non-consecutive times as governor in the history of Roraima, Brazil?

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...that Sarah Kalley (pictured) and her husband started the first Protestant church in Brazil?
...that Don Starkell and his son Dana paddled from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Belem, Brazil by canoe, a trip covering more than 12,000 miles (19,308 km)?
...that the Jerusalem city hall at Safra Square was rebuilt in 1993 with help from Brazilian-Lebanese financier Edmond J. Safra?

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