there's a lot more to this country than
just legendary football players though
there are a lot of those welcome to
watchmojo.com ting down the five most
bizarre fact we found about Brazil the
world's fifth largest country by both
landmass and population consider that a
bonus Act number five Sao Paulo is an
ad-free City ads are for the most part
annoying but are generally just
something we tolerate but brazil's most
populated city Sao Paulo does not in
September 2006 the cities then mayor
Hobart oka Saab passed the clean city
law which outlawed all forms of outdoor
advertising including public transit
posters and store banners 15,000
billboards had to be removed when the
ban went into effect this post many
concerns regarding city's economy and
identity as critics estimated the ban
would eliminate over 20,000 jobs and
nearly a hundred and fifty million
dollars in revenue however the ban was
ultimately favored by the citizenry when
a survey conducted five years later
found that over 70% of the populace
agreed that the ban boosted the city's
productivity and aesthetic appeal number
4 Rio de Janeiro was once the capital of
Portugal long before it was announced as
the first South American city to host
the Olympics Rio had quite the unusual
identity crisis as the national and
state capital during the Napoleonic Wars
King John the 6th feared that the
presence of Napoleon's army in the
Iberian Peninsula posed an imminent
threat to the royal family safety
thus he ordered the entire courts
overseas relocation to the then colony
state of Brazil in 1808 and Rio de
Janeiro was subsequently established as
Portugal's new capital this historical
milestone made Rio the first and to this
day the only European capital to ever
exist outside of Europe number three
dolphins and fishermen worked together
in southern Brazil dolphin intelligence
has fascinated marine biologists for
decades particularly when it comes to
their interactions with humans
case in point the bottlenose dolphins of
Laguna Santa Catarina who have been
helping local fishermen with their
catches since 1847 without any formal
instruction the dolphin signal nearby
fishermen with head and tail slaps in
decay
a sweet spot for them to cast their nets
how this phenomenal relationship began
remains a mystery however the most
recent studies indicate that the
continued connection is determined by
factors such as genetics and social
learning so what's in it for the
Dolphins not much saved from chowing
down on the occasional fish that escapes
from the nets though we're fairly
certain that they also have the deep
gratitude of Laguna's fishermen number
two some brazilian prisoners read and
cycle to freedom as one of several
solutions that dress in their
overcrowded prisons brazil has
implemented programs like redemption
through reading which allows convicts to
shave off weeks from their sentences
through reading classic literary works
and writing critical reports on them
nearly half of all inmates there have
completed fewer than 9 years of
education so for many this is the first
time they've experienced the enriching
power of literature in their lives other
means of reducing prison time including
peddling on stationary bikes that
generate electricity to power local
street lamps part of the idea behind
these activities is for them to have
constructive impacts on inmates making
them better prepared for their
reintegration into society unusual
certainly cruel only if you're not a gym
rat or a bookworm number one so Paulo
elected a rhinoceros to City Council yes
in 1959 a five year old female Rhino
named Kakaako won a seat with nearly a
hundred thousand votes was it just an
elaborate hoax yes and no a group of
students printed up nearly a quarter
million ballots with the Rhinos name on
them and those ballots were then
legitimately cast by voters and although
many had dismissed the newly elected
Rhino city councilor as just a hoax many
critics and scholars interpreted the
votes as a means of protesting political
corruption and food shortages one voter
reportedly commented better to elect a
rhino than an ass however despite
Kakheti echos win election officials
ultimately nullified her ballots and
held a new election the following week
so much for progress not even a
rhinoceros impoverish what do you guys
think it's making prisoners read write
and bike their way to freedom unethical
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