Categoría Oddities

Where does the term “shippar” come from?

(Reproduction/Disclosure/) He comes from the word “relationship” (relationship, in English) and means to hope for which characters in fiction form a relationship. The practice became popular in the 1990s. in 1970s with the series star trek: fans rooted for Kirk…

How many monarchies still exist?

There are 43 territories in the world with monarchs, which include kings, princes, sultans and an emperor. However, not all of them have full powers over the nation, as happened in France under Louis XIV, who would have said the…

The greatest atrocities of Genghis Khan

TdF suggestion Gabriel FacundesIllustrates rainer petterEdition Felipe van Deursen CRIMINAL RECORDName – Temujin (circa 1160-1227)Location – AsiaDeaths – 40 million* 1 – Temujin was born in the 1160s on the banks of the Onon River, in Mongolia, the son of…

What is Santo Daime?

ILLUSTRATES Marcos de Lima In the heart of the Amazon Santo Daime is a spiritual doctrine founded in the 1920s, in Basel (AC), by rubber tapper Raimundo Irineu Serra. Called Mestre Irineu by his followers, he had his first contact…

What is the origin of surnames?

They were created to differentiate repeated names – a common fact since the most ancient cultures. The first known surnames are patronymics – names that refer to the father: Simão Filho de Jonas, for example. This genre became widespread in…