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…
Until 1676, it was believed that light was instantaneous. That year, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer observed in the telescope that, compared to his calculations, there was a delay of 22 minutes in the eclipses of Jupiter’s moons. Roemer concluded…
This heart surgery consists of removing part of the saphenous vein, which is in the leg, to reconnect heart arteries obstructed by fatty plaques. With the new connection, called a bridge by doctors, it is possible to normalize blood circulation…
(/) About 4 liters. Shaped similar to the letter J, the stomach is an elastic organ. When empty, it has a volume of just 50 milliliters. But if you eat nonstop, it can increase its capacity by 80 times, the…
It would be more correct to say that Brazil achieved great victories in small battles of the Second World War (1939-1945). The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB), which had 25,000 soldiers, entered combat in Europe in the second half of 1944.…
It depends on the motel. The lowliest ones only have the basics for a minimally comfortable stay: bed, TV and bathroom. Since we’re no small amount of crap, we opted for a virtual tour in one of the best houses…
»> 1. The first secret of the electric shower is how the faucet turns it on. It all starts with the water released by the faucet, which enters the shower box with a lot of pressure. As the water that…
»> It was an alchemist from Hamburg, Germany, called Henning Brandt, who accidentally discovered, in 1669, the chemical element named phosphorus (from the Greek phos, light, plus phoros, carrier), while trying to obtain gold from urine. The discovery came to…
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About 107 billion – roughly 16 times the current population of the planet. The calculation was made by researchers at the Population Reference Bureau website (www.prb.org), which gathers data on demography. The numbers are obviously very approximate, starting with the…