1. Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world and is largest country in South America.
2. Brazil has the 2nd highest number of airports in the world, after the U.S.
3. The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood.
4. Brazilian prisoners can reduce their sentence by 4 days for every book they read and write a report on.
5. In 1958, a rhinoceros was a candidate in the city council elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
6. Brazil's Capital,Brasilia, looks like an aeroplane from above.
7. Brazil once tried to sell an aircraft carrier on eBay.
8. The biggest Japanese community outside of Japan is in Brazil.
9. The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be the first time a South American country has the right to host them.
10. Voting is mandatory in Brazil.
11. The Bororo people of Brazil are one of the few groups of people where all have the same blood type: "O".
12. There's an Island in Brazil where civilians are forbidden to go: it has up to 5 snakes per square meter.
13. Brazil covers 3 time zones.
14. Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador.
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