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TIL about the Grande Seca (The Great Drought), the most devastating drought ever recorded in Brazil. It caused the deaths of 400,000-500,000 people. Of the 800,000 people living in the affected Northeastern region, 120,000 migrated to the Amazon while 68,000 migrated to other regions of the country.

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