We talked to four big riders (big wave surfers), a two-time Brazilian champion and two surfing experts to assemble our Top 10 of lethal waves. The champion was the terrible Teahupoo – a wave from the island of Tahiti, in…
»> You know those phones made with two cans and a string between them? Well, the stethoscope works more or less the same way as this crude communicator: the device transmits the sound waves, preventing the sound from being lost…
ILLUSTRATIONS Andre Toma how can you check in this part of the report, Freemasonry had subdivisions and adaptations over time. Today, it has a common base, but later evolves into more than 50 different hierarchies (the so-called Rites). Only two…
Presuntado is a kind of second-rate ham: it has less meat and more fat. Both are made with pork meat, but the Ministry of Agriculture rules that regulate the manufacture of cold cuts are much stricter for ham than for…
»> It’s simple: just look at the plastron, the underside of the carapace, what would be the animal’s belly. “Male tortoises have this deeply concave part of their shell to fit the female’s when mating,” says biologist William Matiazzi,…
Influenced by Greek mythology, so much so that Athena, goddess of war and wisdom, had an owl as a mascot. The Greeks considered the night as the moment of philosophical thought and intellectual revelation and the owl, being a nocturnal…
ILLUSTRATES Andre Toma Angels are the spiritual beings who act as midfielders between men and the Almighty. The wings make it possible for them to fly between heaven and earth. According to Christian tradition, angels are not born, do not…
It is the fluorantimonic, whose acidity exceeds the highest found in nature: 100% sulfuric acid. The mixture of hydrofluoric acid and antimony pentafluoride is considered the strongest among super acids and was created to react with materials that others cannot…
– (Samuel Ienzi/Carpintaria Estúdio/) 10) EVERYONE IS A SUSPECT Where: CambodiaWhen: From 1975 to 1979Total dead: 1.7 millionIn just four years, the dictator Pol Pot (1925-1998), wiped out 20% of the population of his own country. Teachers, journalists, people who…
«> The transformation takes place in four stages: the egg, the larva, the pupa and the adult stage. The beginning of the cycle begins with eggs, usually laid by butterflies on plant leaves. “This period lasts from a few…