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...that the city of
Barreiras
in
Bahia
,
Brazil
remained isolated for nearly a decade in the 1960s when the
power plant
closed?
...that the
War of Canudos
, an armed conflict in the 1890s in
Canudos
,
Brazil
that resulted in the death of more than 15,000 people, was instigated by
Christian mystic
and
messianic
leader
Antônio Conselheiro
and a band of fanatic followers?
...that
Junqueirópolis
, a municipality in
São Paulo
,
Brazil
, is
nicknamed
"
Acerola
Capital" for its
agriculture
?
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