They are women of Japanese society who dedicate themselves to the arts and to the preservation of the traditions of that country. A geisha specializes in singing, dancing, music and poetry to offer the local elite her cultured and sophisticated…
Currently, the preservation of bodies of dead people is done by taking blood and other fluids and injecting a solution of water and formaldehyde to stop the decomposition process. Embalming techniques have been known for over 4,000 years. The Egyptians…
(Juliana Caro/) The mirror of Venus (♀) and the shield of Mars (♂) are symbols created by alchemy that allude to the gods of ancient Rome. In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, associated with harmony, beauty and…
There are many – the best way to understand this is by comparing the way the animals are. To begin with, squid have an elongated, tube-shaped body. Octopuses, as you can see in the infographic that illustrates these pages, are…
divinely empty The representation of zero as a blank space, symbolizing emptiness, emerged in India in the fourth century BC. The Egyptians also used a similar interval to represent the concept of zero. Although usually associated with nothing, zero is…
These were tasks that could only be performed by someone with superhuman strength, such as facing a multi-headed serpent. In Greco-Roman mythology, Hercules was the son of a mortal woman and Zeus, the chief of the gods. His birth provoked…
(Cojessmom/Playback) Reader’s question Ana Clara Vilela, Três Corações, MG Because they really are killers – but of whales! Spanish fishermen created the nickname “whale killer” when seeing them in action in the 18th century. But the bad reputation only became…
(/) Most often, this trait is inherited from parents or ancestors. Anatomically, people have dimples because their fibrous tissue adheres between the skin and the jaw bone (in the chin) or between the skin and the muscles of the face…
»> Not at first. In fact, 100 milliliters of good espresso coffee can contain 13 times more caffeine than the same amount of mate tea. But the thing is a bit relative. “The caffeine content, both in coffee and in…
Yes. The group established certain signs so that members could recognize each other without being identified by others. This would include specific gestures, phrases and greetings. Some of these Masonic secrets have been revealed by resentful ex-members at various times…