Categoría Oddities

»> The year in which Christ was born did not come to be known as AD 1 (“after Christ”) centuries later. At the time of his birth, as today, there were several ways of counting time, but for most people…

ILLUSTRATIONS Icarus Yuji In these walls and halls, meet the 50 historical figures who proved that human cruelty has no limits. (Attention: the numbers are not a ranking; they only serve as a reference between the images and the captions)…

Question from the reader – Felipe Pinheiro The pizza we eat today, round with tomato sauce and topped with cheese, appeared in NaplesItaly, around the 18th century. However, the oven-baked, topped disc-shaped dough is a much more refined creation. old.…

»> They usually happen when the nerves in the peripheral nervous system receive certain types of stimulation. This part of the nervous system responds to stimuli from the touch receptors and also controls muscle movement. The stimulus that causes the…

Illustrations: Jean Magalhães () Odin Due to his love of battle, he is the main god of Norse mythology – born in northern European countries such as Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Odin is the oldest and wisest of the gods.…

It all starts with the yolk, which is nothing more than a large chicken egg. And make it big! At about 4 centimeters in diameter, the hen’s egg is the largest in the animal kingdom. The yolk is released from…

At first, priests did not marry by choice, in order to dedicate 100% of their time and energies to prayer and preaching – just like Jesus Christ. In 1139, at the end of the Lateran Council, however, marriage was officially…

– (Tom Womb) 1. The estrous cycle (or “estrus”) of the female lasts from 22 to 42 days. Males detect this phase by smelling her urine and show off to win her over, and may even fight over her partner.…

Yes. It’s the Tripitaka. In Pali (ancient Indian language, where Buddhism was born), Tripitaka means “three baskets”, in reference to the three parts of the book: the “Vinaya”, with the rules of conduct, the “Sutta”, which brings together the speeches…

The difference lies in the proximity to the Monarchs and on portion of land in which each had military or legal authority. The higher the title, the more land and power the noble had at hand. This hierarchy appeared in…