In fact, the Moon does not produce this effect on its own. The rise and fall of sea level – the so-called tides – are also influenced by the Sun, depending on the intensity of the attraction force of the…
ILLUSTRATIONS: Diego Sanches Brazil officially controls a maritime territory of 3.6 million km2 – an area larger than the Northeast, Southeast and South regions combined. In this stretch of sea, known as the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the country monitors…
Two beautiful birds share the title: the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), also called the New World vulture, and the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus). Both reach 1.3 meters in length and, with wings open, reach 3 meters in wingspan. Adult individuals…
In wars on the high seas, the most common are aircraft carriers, considered the “heart” of the fleet, submarines, escort ships such as frigates, corvettes and destroyers (or destroyers, as they were originally called in English), and support vessels such…
According to Simon’s Book of World Sexual Records, normally the semen jet covers a distance of 15 to 20 centimeters, but marks of more than 1 meter have been known! As there is no such category in the Guinness Book…
»> The phenomenon occurs near the terrestrial poles, during the summer, when the Sun can be seen 24 hours a day. This happens because the inclination of the Earth’s axis in relation to the plane of its orbit causes sunlight…
The final straw for the conflict between 1914 and 1918 was the assassination of Archduke Francisco Ferdinand. He was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, an empire that encompassed present-day Austria and Hungary, as well as parts of Romania, the Czech…
»> Fog is formed by the suspension of tiny droplets of water in a layer of air close to the ground. That is, the fog is nothing more than a cloud in contact with the ground. This phenomenon, also known…
ILLUSTRATES: sattu *Originally published in the magazine Adventures in History Using a technique called fresco, in which the painting is done on a mortar of lime and sand. As this type of work dries quickly, before getting his hands dirty,…
They are sculptures made by Indians, using figures of animals, objects and even people. For some tribes, totems serve to record the history of a group – considered a symbol of identity; for others, they are objects of worship in…