Categoría Oddities

Do animals also have oral sex?

»> Yes, my dear, bonobos, very naughty “cousins” of chimpanzees, also practice oral sex with their partners. These primates, whose scientific name is Pan paniscus, are already famous for the mischief they do when it comes to sex. Not infrequently,…

Who invented the bicycle?

Literally, the first model to be called a bicycle (“two wheels”) appeared in 1870. It was all metal, had pedals on the huge front wheel and cost the equivalent of six months of wages for a worker. average. But it…

How is incense made?

The most common type, on sticks, is made from a simple and artisanal recipe. The first step is to obtain the ingredients, many of which can only be found in specialized stores (with the exception of the stick, sold at…

What are giraffe horns used for?

»> Structures similar to the horns of oxen, the horns, which resemble two little antennae, are used by males to hit opponents when they fight each other, exchanging headbutts and neck thrusts. As for the females, these structures are of…

What was the Protestant Reformation?

It was a religious movement that turned against the actions and rules of the Catholic Church. The main agent of Remodeling it was the German monk Martin Luther (1483-1546), who, in 1517, published 95 theses that fundamentally criticized the sale…

How do you make dry ice?

»> Before knowing how dry ice is manufactured, you need to know that, unlike “wet” ice, it is not made of water (H2O), but of carbon dioxide, the CO2 that we expel in our breath. If in the gaseous form…

What weapons are used in kung fu?

READER QUESTION Wagner J. dos Santos, Campo Grande, MSILLUSTRATES legendary toadEDITION Felipe van Deursen There are hundreds. actually the kung fu it is not a martial art per se, but a generic term for the different types of fighting in…

How did the Berlin Wall fall?

The Berlin Wall existed for 28 years, from 1961 to 1989. With the defeat of the Nazis, in 1945, Berlin (former capital of the 3rd Reich, of Adolf Hitler), was divided into four zones of influence, respectively controlled by France,…