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This is an Ode about Brazil. She is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries (line 1). It is the largest country in South America (line 3) and the only one in the continent speaking Portuguese (line 4). Brazil comes from the Tree “Brazilwood” (line 5) and shares borders with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador (line 6). Brazil covers 3 time zones (line 7) with the Amazon River the 2nd longest after the Nile (line 8). The “Angel of Death” a popular Nazi-Josef Mengele known for his cruel experiments and fascination with twins fled to Brazil (line 12). Brazil is a world renowned footballing Nation (line 13). In Sao Paulo, a congestion record was set on November 15, 2013 with a total of 309 Kilometers (192 miles) of queues around the city during the evening rush hour (line 16).There are at least 70 uncontacted tribes in the Brazilian Amazon (line 11). Salvador is the biggest African city outside Africa (line 19). The country’s motto is “Ordem e progresso” meaning “Order and progress” (line 20). Brasilia, the country’s capital, took just 41 months to build and looks like an Aero plane from above (line 22). Rio de Janeiro was once Portugal’s capital (line 23). Brazil is the 5th largest in the world both in land mass and population (line 24).