Classical ballet emerged in the Italian courts at the beginning of the 16th century, although it is not known for sure where the inspiration for its first steps and choreographies came from. It was the Italian term balletto (“little dance”,…
The three largest cats on the American continent are the jaguar (Panthera onca), the puma (Puma concolor) and the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). All of them can be found in the Brazilian forests, which are also home to five other felines,…
It was a real quagmire, where the two rival sides in the conflict spent years immobilized without being able to advance into enemy territory. Started in 1914 because of economic and geopolitical disputes, World War I pitted the Central Powers…
ILLUSTRATIONS Alexandre Jubran 10. Mary Stuart Country you ruled – Scotland Period – 1542-1567 It had to fight a lot to stay in power. Enthroned at just a week old, she married Francis II and reigned in France at his…
(/) ILLUSTRATES: Raphael Mortari Because that’s how the great cloud of dust and gases that gave rise to the Solar System 5 billion years ago rotated. Our planetary system was formed by the condensation of a cloud of gas and…
The dial-up connection necessarily uses the telephone line to transmit the data, while the broadband uses different systems, in addition to the telephone, which allow much faster transmissions. On dial-up internet, data is transmitted in the same way as voice,…
This is a home-made incendiary bomb: a bottle filled with fuel with a wick in the neck. This type of weapon has existed since the flammable powers of gasoline were discovered, but the name came up in World War II.…
(Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters) The President of the Chamber of Deputies (currently Rodrigo Maia, from DEM-RJ). He is third in the country’s presidential line of succession, according to the Federal Constitution. If he also kicks the bucket, the responsibility will go to…
suggestion from TdF Leticia DuarteIllustrates julio shinesEdition Felipe van Deursen CRIMINAL RECORDName – Richard Kuklinski (1935-2006)Local in acting – New Jersey and New York (USA)Deaths – More in 100 – (Julio Brilha/) 1. Born in New Jersey, Richard was beaten…
»> The strip of sea that separates Africa from the Arabian peninsula was named so long ago that all that remains are options for all tastes. In the 1st century, when the expression Red Sea was already old, the Roman…