(Nidstudio/) One of the popes of occultism, the Englishman Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was famous for his rites of sexual magic. The practices are used to this day by Crowley adepts around the world, particularly in the US and Europe, to…
It was Genghis Khan, title of the Mongolian chief Temujin, who conquered almost 20 million km2. In second place comes Alexandre, whose domains surpassed 5 million km2. The third is Adolf Hitler, who at the height of the expansion of…
It emerged in a process that lasted at least 4 billion years and was formed from the same matter that makes up the ground we walk on. That’s right: all the gases that make up the air were once underground,…
»> Incredibly, yes. This is the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), an animal only found in the Galápagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean, about a thousand kilometers from the coast of Ecuador. It is estimated that there are between 200…
For millennia, one of the main medicines used in the world was a worm capable of sucking people’s blood. Craziness? It may be, but after falling into ostracism in the 20th century, the leech, believe it or not, has been…
»> Well, to tell you the truth, it doesn’t even exist. A radioactive source emits three types of radiation: alpha, beta and gamma rays. Alpha rays can be stopped by a simple sheet of paper. Avoiding beta rays is more…
Reader question – Ivens Nunes Thomaz, Macaé, RJ According to FIFA, almost 200 thousand people went to Maracanã, on July 16, 1950, for the World Cup final that Brazil lost to Uruguay by 2×1. The total audience was 199,854; and…
In general, the reason for a Pop! of Funko being rare is the low print run of the piece. There are hundreds of pieces of some level of rarity, as Funko has produced around 3,000 models of Pop! Below, we’ve…
(/) It is impossible to pinpoint its exact origin. The ancient Greeks already knew about magnetism. The Chinese, at least 2,000 years ago, already knew that a piece of metal rubbed on a magnetite stone acquires the property of pointing…
(/) The members of the hard rock band, formed in 1973, created their visuals and the stories behind them. When he realized he no longer needed to hide behind makeup, frontman Paul Stanley decided it was time for the group…