Categoría Oddities

In their 30 days of life, flies go through a major metamorphosis from egg to adult form as they fly around, stopping to eat feces or garbage every now and then. They are part of the order Diptera (which means…

»> They just want to protect themselves. The closing of the leaves is a natural defense in reaction to any kind of touch, perceived by the plant as a potential attack. “If a predator touches these leaves, he will move…

WEIGHT WATCHERS You don’t have to be fat, or Japanese, to be one of the 800 professional fighters in Japan. But you can’t be skinny either: rookies need to weigh at least 75 kilos, be 23 years old or less…

Grafting is the union of tissue from two different plants and can be done in several ways. There are two main uses. One of them is when the soil has bacteria and fungi, and only the rootstock resists pests, and…

This fighting style for conflict situations was created in the 1940s to train a rebel Jewish army – the Haganah. With the independence of the State of Israel, in 1949, the creator of the technique, the Hungarian Imi Lichtenfeld (1910-1998),…

ILLUSTRATIONS Alonso Feliciano 10. HE GIVES THE BLOOD CONSTRUCTIONS Blood Piss Blues (2010) ARTIST Vinicius Quesada Born in São Paulo, the artist mixes his blood and urine with paint to make collages and paintings. Blood is used in all colors,…

»> Yes, a plant can use the energy contained in electric light to carry out photosynthesis. But it’s not just taking a vase and putting it in an artificially lit room, no. To work, the place where the plant is…

SUGGESTION PC Siqueira PAGAN ORIGIN Like other religions, there are several strands with different versions of Satanism. The most traditional is Church of Satan, created on April 30, 1966, by Anton LaVey, author of Satanic Bible. The date marks the…

Yautjas are aliens who worship the hunt, basing the entire social dynamic of the species around it. With a strict code of honor, they roam space looking for opponents. The more successful a Predator is in its hunts, the higher…

SUPPLY The tank trucks that bring fuel from the distributors to the stations can have up to three compartments – one for gasoline, a second for alcohol and a third for diesel. The maximum capacity is 50,000 liters and the…