The world’s most venomous spiders are the Brazilian wandering spiders of the genus Phoneutria , and particularly the Brazilian huntsman Phoneutria fera , which has the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. Its venom is so potent that only 0.006 mg (0.00000021 oz) is sufficient to kill a mouse. Phoneutria spiders are usually dark in colour and have a body-and-leg spread of approximately 17 cm (6.75 in). These large and highly aggressive creatures often enter human dwellings and hide in clothing or
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The oldest regular football player is Tércio Mariano de Rezende (Brazil, b. 31 December 1921) aged 88 years old. He regularly plays in the regional Championship as right wing for Goiandira Esporte Clube in Goiandira, Goiás, Brazil. He is registered with Catalao Levindo da Fonseca Soccer League.
The oldest fossilised penis discovered to date dates back around 100 million years. It belongs to a crustacean called an ostracod, discovered in Brazil and measuring just 1mm across. The discovery was announced in September 2002 at the British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival in Leicester, UK.
The oldest referee to officiate a FIFA World Cup finals match is George Reader (UK) who was 53 years 236 days old when he refereed the final game of the 1950 World Cup at the Maracana stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 16 July 1950. The match was won by Uruguay who beat the hosts Brazil 2-1 in front of crowd estimated at 200,000 (although officially recognized by Fifa as 174,000) to go top of the final group and win the World Cup for the
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The smallest purpose-built cinema is the Cabiria Cine-Cafe which measures 24 m² (258.3 ft²) and has a seating capacity of 18. It was built by Renata Carneiro Agostinho da Silva (Brazil) in Brasilia DF, Brazil in 2008. The Cabiria Cine-Cafe is an officially registered cinema (with ANCINE the Agencia Nacional do Cine) and is still in operation, it recently held a film festival in November 2009. The cinema has a retractable projection screen of 2.5 m by 3 m, air conditioning, two rows of four
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The tallest water slide in the world is Kilimanjaro at Águas Quentes Country Club in Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is 49.9 m (163 ft 9 in) high and was constructed in 2002.
The youngest model to be listed on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list is Adriana Lima (Brazil, b.12 June 1981) who was aged 26 years 2 days when the list was published on forbes.com on 14 June 2007. Best-known for her modelling contracts with Maybelline and Victoria’s Secret (both USA), Lima was listed No. 99 with a wealth estimated at $4 million (£2 million).
The record for the youngest published male author is 5 years and 302 days and was achieved by Adauto Kovalski da Silva (Brazil) who released his book Aprender é Fácil on 15 October 2005.
The most underwater rope jumps in one hour (SCUBA) is 1608, achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA), in the Aquario de Sao Paulo, in San Paulo, Brazil, on 15 March 2012. Each counted skip was a full 360-degree revolution.
On 29 October 2009, 12 Tucano aircraft of the Air Demonstration Squadron of the Brazilian Air Force (also known as the Esquadrilha da Fumaça) flew upside down in formation for 30 seconds above Campo Fontenelle aerodrome near Piraçununga, Brazil.