Interesting Facts about Brazil

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13 curious facts about Brazil.

• When a child loses a tooth the mother tells me to throw my tooth outside and say “Lovely birds, dear birda, take away this tooth of mine and bring another one to me.” The birds only take clean teeth so they must brush their teeth every day.
• When a child loses a tooth they may throw their tooth out of the window onto the roof and say “St. John, St. John, take this rotten tooth and give me a healthy one.”
• The first European expedition to explore the length of the Amazon took place in 1541.
• There are 12 million abandonados, children without parents or homes, in Brazil.