A body may be removed from the earth to make room for others in cemeteries or to discover the cause of an ill-explained death. Bones are removed from the grave and placed in smaller urns, drawers or go to cremation.…

Question from the reader – Robson Vilanova Ilha, Sao Sepe, RS No. Most vertebrates have red blood, but there are exceptions. The frog Chiromantis samkosensis, some marine fish (such as Clinocottus analis) and lizards of the genus Prasinohaema have green…

What it was: QueenWhere did you live: BritanniaWhen he was born and died: 30-61 Its name is of Celtic origin and means «victory». For the queen of the Iceni, a people who lived east of present-day Britain, defeated the mighty…

Echo? Echo! Echo! Echo! The most famous restaurant in the country, El Meson de la Cava, is located in a limestone cave, carved by waves millions of years ago. The view is beautiful, the food is delicious and there is…

Reader Question – Felipe Ferreira da Costa, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Because the Americans did not accept the world unification of measures, carried out under the influence of France. The process began in the French Revolution, in the 18th century,…

More than a dozen Brazilian provinces and states have already had their capitals transferred from one city to another – or that simply had their name changed. These exchanges took place from the middle of the 19th century until the…

(20th Century Fox Television/Playback) The act of clapping hands in approval has an unknown origin, but has been around for at least 3,000 years. At that time, the gesture was essentially religious, popularized in pagan rituals of different peoples as…

(/) The expression, which literally means «rock and roll», was part of black American slang since the first decades of the twentieth century, to refer to the sexual act. Thus, it already appeared in several blues and rhythm’n’blues lyrics such…

Not scars, but the bones in the joints. It is still not known exactly what the process is like – there are studies about it, but they are inconclusive. Doctor Eduardo dos Santos Paiva, member of the Brazilian Society of…

(/) In fact, if you eat a really bad food, the pig can get sick, yes. By ingesting rotten food, he can contract worms, diseases and even die. In small farms, it is still common to give pigs leftover food…