(Sarah Kamada/Superinteresting) In Rio de Janeiro, since 1988, they are determined by the Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba (Liesa), created in 1984 by directors of ten of the main schools of the Special Group. The League created a training…
TdF suggestion Gabriel DuarteIllustrates Dudu TorresEdition Felipe van Deursen – (Dudu Torres/) 1. Little is known about her childhood. Born in 1794, Marie was the bastard daughter of a freed slave named Marguerite with the fifth mayor of New Orleans…
They are ordered by distributors from specialized companies (which have teams of freelance translators) or directly from these professionals. Although there are many translation and subtitling studios (and that sometimes also do dubbing), the increase in content production and the…
ILLUSTRATES: sattu 1. Cryogenics is the freezing of corpses at low temperatures so that they will be resurrected one day. When the patient is declared dead, doctors try to prevent the body from deteriorating: drugs are injected and machines maintain…
»> Why does corn have hair? Glaucia Simonetti Pinto, Sao Paulo-SP Because he needs these little threads to reproduce. In fact, the “hair” or the “beard” of the corn serves to transport the pollen grains that will fertilize the ovules…
Created in 1955 by the CIA, at the height of the Cold War, Area 51 is located in the Nevada Desert, USA, and is part of Nellis Base, a huge official installation of the American Air Force. It got this…
(/) 1. In the deepest layers of epidermis (the most “outer” part of the skin), there are specialized cells called melanocytes. They are the ones that produce a pigment known as melanin, which gives our natural color. The more melanocytes…
The word “dollar” is an adaptation of the name of a 16th century Czech coin, the “joachimsthaler”. This old silver coin began to be minted in 1519 in a mine in Bohemia, a region of the present-day Czech Republic. It…
»> Science still does not have a definitive answer to this question, but experts assume that, by doing this, the dog is spreading its pheromones (aromatic hormones with which animals communicate), which are exhaled through the anus region. “We believe…
(Disclosure/reproduction/) Most likely, ACME is an abbreviation for American Corporation Manufacturing Everything – in good Portuguese, “American Corporation that Manufactures Everything”. At least that’s what Warner Brothers studios claim, who use the name ACME in their cartoons to indicate the…