The boy lived at number 8 because the series was created and shown by the Mexican broadcaster Televisa, which was broadcast on channel 8. In the same way that Globo is associated with channel 5 in São Paulo and 4…
(getty images/Montage on reproduction) Yes. Experts agree that, like most animals, they divide their time between activity and rest – when metabolic action slows down. But that wouldn’t be quite what we call sleep. “There are records of ants seen…
ILLUSTRATIONS Thales Molina Continues after advertising Continues after advertising Bathroom You simpsons appeared as a segment on The Tracey Ullman Show. One of the vignettes from that time, shown in March 1989, was reused in the special chapter “138th Episode…
»> Incredibly, this has nothing to do with the mouth, but with the nose. When we have the flu, we lose our sense of smell. And if you can’t discern an expensive perfume from the smoke of a burnt tire,…
Reader Question – Eduardo Reeve, Niterói, RJ It was the flute. Since 1995, archaeological excavations in caves and mountain ranges in Europe and Southeast Asia have unearthed around 30 specimens made from vulture tibia, bear femur and mammoth ivory. Dating…
»> There are several types of orchestra, but their formation is always directly linked to the historical period in which the work to be performed was composed. “For example, baroque composers – including Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – used only…
reader question Mateus Siqueira Lessa, Posse, GO illustrates Alberto Rocha edition Felipe van Deursen It is the American Brian Shaw, winner of the 2015 edition of the World’s Strongest Man. The tournament has been held every year since 1977 and…
In general, sneaky and bloody. Pirates took advantage of climatic factors, such as fog, to attack larger merchant vessels with more crew. They practiced barbaric acts with some captured precisely so that their fame of evil would spread. With that,…
Most owls shelter in caves or tree branches during the day. Some species, such as the buraqueira, hide in holes and burrows dug in the ground. Still others use church towers, roofs and ceilings of old houses as “bedrooms”. In…
The Persians have always been there: they descend from tribes that occupied Central Asia some 3,000 years ago – and were the seed of an empire. In its greatest expansion, its territory extended over an area now occupied by nations…