ILLUSTRATES Cássio Yishiyaki and Patricia Kelen THIS INFOGRAPHIC IS PART OF THE REPORT FANTASTIC ANIMALS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE INSIDE– How is Bowtruckle?– How is the Semiviso?“What does the Thunderbird look like?”– How is Gira-Gira? ORIGINAL NAME nifflerHAZARDOUSNESS Competent…
It is an expression that was born when our country was still a colony of Portugal. “At the beginning of Portuguese exploration, this term was created to designate the wood that could only be felled if the Portuguese Crown authorized…
(/) Reader Question – Thiago Bio Bemfica Mattos, Embu das Artes, SP Because when faced with a situation of embarrassment, stress or even fear, our body releases the hormone adrenaline, which increases blood flow and dilates the blood vessels of…
»> Interestingly, this nickname – Big Apple, in English – came from a criticism about the volume of public resources allocated to the city. The term first appeared in 1909, in the book The Wayfarer in New York (“The Traveler…
»> If we compare it with humans, the elephant’s trunk corresponds to our nose and upper lip. She also has extensions that work as auxiliary fingers, serving to pick up objects on the floor. This is true both for the…
Basically, these cabins are portable toilets, which store the poop and pee of crowds at large events that do not have fixed sanitary facilities or water and sewer networks. The cleaning of the poop only happens after everyone has used…
Hippopotamuses are extremely territorial animals and tend to attack people and animals that invade their habitat. Despite their peaceful appearance, they outnumber more ferocious animals, such as lions and sharks, in the number of attacks on humans, with most attacks…
The expression arose among the ancient Greeks, who called any foreigner a barbarian. The first to be “gifted” with the term were the Persians, around the 5th century BC For the Greeks, the guttural languages (with most of the sounds…
(Reproduction/dissemination/) Who – Jesse PomeroyDiagnosis – Not made or not disclosedAge – 14 yearsWhere – USA 1. This is one of the first known cases of child murderers. In 1872, at the age of 12, Jesse attacked four boys aged…
»> It is an international code through which you can know the correct pronunciation of words in any language. Created by American and French professors in 1888, it has 107 letters and dozens of symbols that indicate how a syllable…