Categoría Oddities

Are there still wild horses?

Yes, but only in zoos and controlled reserves. The only extant species of ancient wild horses, which for thousands of years inhabited the Earth, is Przewalski’s horse (Equus przewalski). It inhabited the isolated mountains of Mongolia, Asia, and was only…

Are there albino vegetables?

»> Yes, but it’s very difficult to find them, because they die quickly. Albino plants cannot produce chlorophyll, the pigment that gives leaves their green color. Until then, so good. It turns out that chlorophyll is essential in photosynthesis, the…

What is the Proust Questionnaire?

READER QUESTION Rafael Battaglia Popp, Guarulhos, SP It is a set of self-knowledge questions that became famous after being answered by the French author Marcel Proust (1871-1922). During the writer’s adolescence, notebooks with these types of questions were a common…

What is the largest species that exists?

What is the biggest crocodile in existence? Rafael, Itabuna, BA It’s the porous crocodile. According to Guinness, the “book of records”, the largest specimens of this species reach more than 7 meters in length and weigh more than 1.5 tons,…

Did the Trojan Horse Really Exist?

»> Nobody knows for sure, but probably not. Evidences about the existence of the city of Troy and about a war between it and the Greeks have already been found, but about the legendary horse, nothing. However, this story is…