There was. His name was Samuel Wilson (1766-1854) and he was nicknamed Uncle (Uncle) Sam. Wilson was a merchant who supplied meat to the United States Army. As the packaging came with the initials US (from United States), the soldiers…
– (Diego Sanches/) QUESTION Matheus Augusto Coelho de Barros, Ribeirão Pires, SP – (Diego Sanches/) 10. NORTHERN ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALEWhere north atlantichow many are left 430 It can reach more than 70 tons and measure more than 18 m, but…
1. Ragnarök is a legend of Norse mythology about the Vikings, people who inhabited Scandinavia in the Middle Ages (present-day territories of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland). Present in the Eddas (collection of poems from the 13th and 15th centuries,…
It was a literary movement originated in the mid-1950s by a group of young intellectuals who were tired of the square model of order established in the US after World War II. With the aim of expressing themselves freely and…
»> Every foundation, or foundation, works according to the same principle: it is an iron or concrete structure, placed underground in order to be able to distribute the weight of the building over a larger area of the ground. The…
(/) As they have no visual memory, those born blind do not dream with images – but with the other senses: they hear things, have tactile sensations and smell. They also dream that they are making some movement and, like…
»> Classified as horizontal or vertical (ascending or descending), winds are formed by differences in pressure and temperature between layers of air. “When an air mass with high atmospheric pressure or low temperature moves towards a region of low pressure,…
The 100% Brazilian fight was created in the 17th century by African slaves of the Bantu ethnic group. Because of its origin, it was officially prohibited until 1937, although it never ceased to be practised. In the 1930s, the Bahian…
(iStock/Strange World) Let’s start with the simplest: the @ or «at» exists to separate the username from the name of the provider where the email account is hosted. The big mystery is knowing why they chose @ for emails and…
The oldest evidence found by archaeologists date back to Ancient Egypt, around 3000 BC. “Considered an art by the Egyptian civilization, makeup originated with kohl”, says physical chemist Inês Joeques, from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). Kohl is a…