Islam emerged in the 6th century in Arabia, a region of the Middle East that was inhabited at the time by about 5 million people. “They were both sedentary and nomadic groups, organized into tribes and clans. The population was…
We don’t want to scare you, but the answer is kind of disgusting: the ′′ wet dog smell ′′ is the result of a chemical reaction of water with some smelly secretions produced by dogs. “When they get wet, these…
Vale-tudo is a combat sport in which, as the name implies, the beating runs wild. In MMA, any type of fight is accepted, from capoeira to jiu-jitsu, including boxing, karate, kickboxing, muay thai, wrestling and other martial arts. Ultimate Fighting…
(/) 1. The eye dumps a lot of fluid over the course of a night’s sleep. In addition to the secretion of the conjunctival membrane, which protects the eyeball from foreign bodies, there is the tear, whose function is to…
»> At a glance, it is very difficult to distinguish between these two cousins of the elephant, both of which have been extinct for thousands of years. “The main differences between the mammoth and the mastodon are the period in…
The normal temperature of the human body (37ºC) is regulated by a region of the brain called the hypothalamus – it makes us sweat when the body needs to cool down and makes us shiver when we need to preserve…
The entrance exam was created in Brazil in 1911, by a politician named Rivadávia da Cunha Corrêa. At the time, he was Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs and decided to take an exam to select who could enter public…
It depends on what you consider weird. If, in the West, we are used to seeing blonde and thin people in magazines, in other parts of the world beauty can be about weight, tattoos and accessories. “Beauty references are linked…
ILLUSTRATES Edward Belgian 1) Haitian from the gem, from the capital Port au Prince, François Duvalier (1907-1971) was the son of a justice of the peace and a baker. His mother was mentally disabled and became increasingly distant from the…
(/) Habits do not always have precise explanations, but it is most likely that the custom of eating feijoada on Saturdays (in São Paulo, feijoada is also eaten on Wednesdays) is a Portuguese heritage. The Lusitanians are not as passionate…