The seven notes of dollar in circulation depict five former US presidents: George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) ). The other two honorees are Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804),…
Schools were founded in Europe in the 12th century. This is if we consider the school model we have today, with a teacher and children as students. In ancient Greece, children were educated, but informally, without division into grades or…
The first to name planets in the Solar System were the Sumerians, people who occupied the region of Mesopotamia (now Iraq) 5,000 years ago. They had already identified five «stars» that moved in the sky, while the others remained still,…
ILLUSTRATIONS: Thales Molina 1) Underneath their armor, the Evangelion Units, or EVAs, are living biological beings, created from the attempt to clone an Angel (giant monsters that are the main villains of the anime) two) All EVAs have armor, a…
It occurs when we ingest more alcohol than the body can metabolize. The liver takes, on average, one hour to process a drink, but this time can vary according to weight, height, physique and gender. In women, the estimated time…
The damage to the most important river in the state of São Paulo, 1,150 kilometers long, began in the 1920s. turning into a garbage dump”, says Malu Ribeiro, coordinator of the Water Network at Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica. Since then,…
(/) Danyang Bridge According to Guinness, the book of records, it is the Great Bridge of Danyang-Kunshan, in China, with 164.8 km. Inaugurated in June 2011, it is a railway viaduct, part of a route that connects the cities of…
– (Lasca Studio/) The word “zeppelin” describes several airships developed by the company of the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. He designed a series of models and the first, the LZ1, took off in 1900. But it was after the…
QUESTION Luiza Moreira de Camargo, Pinhais, PR – (Marcio Moreno/) This unfortunate person would probably die of polytrauma while still in the animal’s mouth, and would not pass from there. Pinocchio and Jonas Bible forgive us, but people being swallowed…
The mystery was explained by former director David Silverman. In a 1998 interview, he revealed that colorist Gyorgi Peluci had to leave the family with one color just because Bart, Lisa, and Maggie didn’t have a line to separate their…