What is the origin of dominoes?

(/) There are several versions that try to decipher where the game came from, but none of them to date could be confirmed. It is believed, however, that it originated in China, invented by a soldier named Hung Ming, who…

What causes nymphomania?

Nymphomania, characterized by an excessive sexual appetite, is a psychiatric disorder – there are no biological reasons to explain its origin. According to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), nymphomania is considered a compulsion, not related to the production of…

Is there any color we can’t see?

Yes. I mean: there are colors that, despite being detected by our brain, are not translated by our optical system, and we end up seeing them as white. Colors are formed in our mind from three primary lights: red, green…

How many bones make up the skull?

“It depends on the methodology adopted”, explains Márcio Cardoso, an anthropologist from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The cranial structure is formed by 22 bones, eight of which are in the cranial box and 14 in the face.…