»> No! They do this mainly to call their group to the hunt. It happens that they howl much more frequently on full moon nights because the moonlight is a highly favorable condition for locating their prey. After the hunt,…
Because clothes look better on tall, skinny bodies. At least that’s what the stylists and the majority of their shop’s customers believe. Have you ever noticed that every woman dreams of being taller and thinner? Therefore, nothing better than showing…
The most likely is that the fight was created in China, with the name of to-de, and has a common ancestor with wushu (or kung fu). But it was in 15th century Japan, more specifically on the island of Okinawa,…
The greater the density of a material, the more effective it is as a shield against X-rays. And among high-density metals, lead is one of the cheapest. To give you an idea, molybdenum, which has almost the same density as…
Means “District of Columbia” (District of Columbia). “Columbia” is an old US nickname inspired by Christopher Columbus. In the end, “District of Columbia” is just a prettier name for Federal Districtsince the status of “district”, in practice, designates the same…
If these three animals bet a race, the slug would certainly come in last place. According to the American biologist Branley Allan Branson, from the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, the “record” speed ever recorded in research for a slug is…
It is a legend that attributes divine powers to a holy chalice, which would have been used by Jesus at the last supper. This, however, is a medieval version of a myth that arose long before the Christian era. In…
They are: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. Together, the five make up the atmosphere, the gaseous layer that surrounds the Earth and is responsible, among other things, for maintaining the planet’s thermal balance, protecting against the impact of meteors…
Fluorescence is one of the ways to convert electrical energy into light. Lamps based on this principle have four basic components: a transparent glass tube, two electrodes (one at each end), a mixture of gases and a material that coats…
»> They are megaliths – a sophisticated name for stone structures moved and placed upright by human beings. “They are often found together, in rows or in circles. There are menhirs all over the world, erected by different cultures and…