How was the haraquiri ritual performed?

This Japanese suicide ritual was surrounded by rules and ceremonies. The great warriors who performed it prepared themselves with purification baths, wrote poems and even had witnesses. The act aimed, in most cases, at repairing the honor of the suicide,…

How are perfumes made?

Based on market research and the choice of essences that form the right fragrance. Perfumes appeared in 3000 BC At that time, the Egyptians used aromatic smoke during prayers. Hence the origin of the word: per (through) and fummum (smoke).…

What’s inside the Sun?

Basically, it has atoms of gases bumping into each other, generating other gases and releasing energy in the form of light and heat. A brutal heat, which in the center of the Sun reaches 15 million degrees Celsius! This furnace…

Why do some people see drawings in the clouds?

(/) Reader’s question Ligia Correia, Sao Paulo, SPEdition Felipe van Deursen Because of a psychological phenomenon known as pareidolia. Actually, it’s not «some people». We can all feel these effects. It happens when we receive imprecise and random visual stimuli…

Who was Confucius?

READ MORE – Who was Socrates? – Who was Che Guevara? He was China’s most famous philosopher and political thinker and lived between 552 and 479 BC His real name was Ch’iu K’ung, but he became known as Master K’ung.…

Could a zombie apocalypse happen?

Yes! But not like the movies. The “zombie apocalypses” considered by science are, in fact, situations in which many people would be living with the same disease or illness. Their behavior would not necessarily be the same as in fiction,…