The Black Panthers emerged as a group that advocated armed resistance against black oppression. Founded in October 1966, the group was born promising to patrol black-majority neighborhoods to protect their residents against police violence. The movement spread across the US…
Yes. The group established certain signs so that members could recognize each other without being identified by others. This would include specific gestures, phrases and greetings. Some of these Masonic secrets have been revealed by resentful ex-members at various times…
*Edited version of article originally published in the magazine BIZZ in October 2006. 1.The Brasilia gang In 1978, Renato Russo formed Aborto Elétrico, alongside the brothers Fê and Flávio Lemos, the first musical fruit of the group of friends from…
– Why do car rear-view mirrors reflect different images? Manufacturers use three layers. The main one is a super-polished metal surface, which reflects light very well and is located in the middle of the mirror. Behind it, there is a…
At that time, the parties were long and filled with a lot of electronic music. The search for a more intense and different experience (and away from the authorities) consecrated a new format – that of raves. They were parties…
The oldest reference is from the 2nd century BC, over 2,000 years ago. This fight is marked by Shinto rituals – a religious manifestation that originated in Japan’s prehistory. The ceremonies that precede the fights make reference to traditions of…
QUESTION Alexandre Gomes Freitas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ It is estimated that there are at least 312 typically Brazilian fruits. This is because many fruits considered “the face of Brazil”, such as bananas and oranges, are not native to Brazilian…
Reader question – Matheus Lehmann Giacoboni, Viamão, RS So drivers ahead can read the writing correctly when they look in the rear view mirror. Although it is not foreseen in the Brazilian Traffic Code, the use of the name backwards…
(/) This answer is simple: chicken is nothing more than the name given to young roosters. “Drawing a parallel with the human race, the chickens would be young and the roosters the adult men”, says zootechnician Edivaldo Antônio Garcia, from…
»> 1. Fish breathe by absorbing the oxygen present in the water. Therefore, they need to be continuously swallowing water from rivers or the sea, which goes to a respiratory organ, the gills. 2. When it reaches the gills (also…