Lula:
* He is missing one finger, his left pinky, which he claims was severed in a factory accident when he was 19.
* Lula’s father left his mother for her cousin, and Lula’s mother followed him and moved in with the two of them, and the three of them - husband, wife, and wife’s cousin/husband’s mistress – lived together in the same house for four years. Later, their story was made into a porn.
Brazil:
* There is a city in the interior of Sao Paulo named Americana which was founded by confederates from the Civil war. Here’s a description found on Wikipedia:
Americana is a city (município) located in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. In 2000, it had around 203,000 inhabitants.
The original settlement evolved around the local railway station, founded in 1875, and the development of a cotton weaving factory in a nearby farm.
After 1866, several Confederate refugees from the American Civil War settled in the region.
Apparently, they even celebrate the 4th of July!
* Brazil has the 2nd highest Christian population in the whole world.
*Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada, the famous erudite personality of Brazil, composed the verses of the Brazilian anthem. The anthem is believed to be hard to understand, even by literate Brazilians, as there are many rare words and several complex sintatic constructions in the anthem.
