(/) Reader Question – Gabriel Gustavo Sanches Martins, Sao Paulo-SP The first image that portrays the world as we know it today is by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller (1475-1522). Dividing the Earth between East and West, it was created…
She was long in duration and quick in conquest. The Moors needed less than a decade to dominate the region – which would remain under their control for almost eight centuries. The invasion began in 711 and three years later…
to symbolize the Rite of passage graduation, when students officially become professionals. O hood is one of the symbols of this change, which is why it is used in different colors who will receive the degree and who will validate…
The clumsiest dog in fiction is a Great Dane, one of the largest dogs of the breed, which can measure 1 meter in height and weigh up to 80 kg. Physically, he even resembles the animal that inspired him. But…
It was the invasion of the offices of the American Democratic Party in Washington, in the Watergate complex. The incident happened in 1972 and, after two years of investigation, culminated in the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The invasion took…
»> To protect the hull, which is a sensitive region and, at the same time, very important for the locomotion of these animals. Horses step on the end of a single toe, protected by the hoof, which is nothing more…
It’s the diamond. It still holds the rank of the hardest material in nature. The mineral withstands a pressure of up to 97 megapascals (about 9,000 times atmospheric pressure) before breaking up and is only scratched by another diamond. But,…
The largest of all is the royal python, which narrowly outnumbers the anaconda – also known as anaconda. Adult individuals of both species can easily reach 9 meters, but a 10-meter specimen of the royal python is considered by Guiness,…
It’s hard to explain with words, but orgasm is a kind of peak pleasure that a person can feel during sex or during masturbation. In a sexual relationship, men reach orgasm when they manipulate their penis or when they penetrate…
(/) It’s not really the burn but the toxins released by a certain species of Brazilian caterpillar that can really end a person’s life. Nicknamed the killer taturana, Lonomia obliqua has a venom that reduces, in the victim’s body, the…