How did the roller coaster come about?

– (Disclosure/Reproduction/Wikimedia Commons) It was even in Russia, as the name says. The fun would have started in the 15th century, on real mountains that formed gigantic slopes covered with snow. People climbed to the top to slide down the…

Who were the pin-ups?

They were models who printed sensual posters with a very specific aesthetic in the 40’s and 50’s. Although their origin goes back to the Gibson Girl (a provocative woman painted by the American artist Charles Dana Gibson in 1887), pin-ups…

What was a bandeirantes expedition like?

They were risky, and often bloody, trips organized to explore Brazilian territory in search of mineral wealth, new lands and slaves. The great expeditions began in 1554, having as their main starting point the village of São Paulo de Piratininga,…