When it became necessary to create more distinctions so people wouldn’t get confused with each other, man looked to vegetation, geography and wherever else there was inspiration. The result: a hodgepodge of surnames that are several centuries old. In the…
These are symbols and acronyms used to identify the author of the work. A pichação is essentially the signature of a group of pichadores, the gang. It can contain her name, the abbreviation of the members’ nicknames and data such…
Article originally published in 2014. Some data may be out of date. Approximately 700. But this number is at best a good estimate, as the constant discoveries of paleontologists change it frequently. As if that were not enough, many of…
It is a sequence of numbers that appears encoded in many natural phenomena. Described at the end of the 12th century by the Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci, it is infinite and starts with 0 and 1. The following numbers are…
The answer depends on several factors. First, to make any comparison between things that cost an arm and a leg, you need to adopt a single measure that serves as a benchmark for all products. We, from , chose 1…
It emerged in ancient Egypt, thousands of years before Christ, representing immortality and the cycles of nature. According to the myth, when it felt that it was going to die, the phoenix would build a nest with incense and other…
The two very special cuts are taken from the rear of the ox, the region that concentrates most of the so-called “first meat”. The picanha is a 1.5 kilo piece of the rump piece, from which the core of the…
The first standard for measuring garments emerged in Europe, with Alexis Lavigne, inventor and private tailor of Empress Eugenia, wife of Napoleon III (Bonaparte’s nephew). “Every day, Lavigne had to measure the empress’s body to create new clothes, a custom…
Technically, overdose doesn’t kill. What can take someone’s life is what it causes – and it varies greatly. By its impact on the body, we can divide drugs, illegal or not, into two groups: depressants (or sedatives) and stimulants. They…
»> Erogenous zones are parts of the body that can act as “triggers” for pleasure and sexual arousal. All of them are extremely rich in nerve endings, which can generate a number of varied and intense sensations when subjected to…