Yes. Until the middle of the 20th century, films had to obey a series of prohibitions that became known as the Hays Code. In the early 1920s, Hollywood was seen by the rest of the United States as the «Sin…
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»> Over hundreds of millions of years, rain formed rivers – which, in turn, dissolved rocks from different geological periods, in which common salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), is found in abundance. As all waterways flow into the ocean, the seas…
»> It’s all because of their flapping wings. “The buzzing is the result of the high frequency of the mosquitoes’ wings beating, which, depending on the species, can reach a thousand movements per second”, says entomologist (student of insects) Delsio…
The structure of a radio station is simple: all you need is a microphone, soundboard, transmitter, antenna, receiver and a bit of physics knowledge to make everything work. It is in physics that lies the answer to how to make…
Through stem cells in the animal’s body. They manage to recreate the eliminated organs from scratch. But that’s not the only secret: regeneration is facilitated because stars have a simplified physiognomy, without blood or brains (their nervous system is spread…
»> For 1900 years, the Chinese built walls to protect themselves from invasions by northern peoples. The first barriers appeared before the unification of the empire, in 221 BC By transforming seven kingdoms into one country, Emperor Qin Shihuangdi (259-210…
– (André BDois/) 1. Whitechapel road Whitechapel Road, in the East End, was a violent part of London at the end of the 19th century. The murder of prostitutes was already a relatively common crime before the Ripper began his…
Since the numbering of houses appeared in European metropolises, in the 18th century, each city has a different way of placing numbers in its buildings. But all of them start from a common principle: choose a place that serves as…
The name with which the biggest interclub tournament in South American football was baptized does not honor an official group or an institution, but rather the group of leaders of the independence processes of the countries of South America. The…