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OCEANI A SECCO
Un quarto degli stock ittici mondiali è sovrasfruttato e nei mari del nostro continente si arriva al 75 per cento. Ora l’Unione Europea tenta di approvare una riforma drastica della Politica comune...
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THE MEANING OF LIFE - WHY AM I HERE?
Something to live for. This simple idea is at the heart of our greatest stories, driving our heroes on. It is the thread from which more complex philosophies are woven. As Nietzsche once wrote,“He who...
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LE SUCCÈS DES BOUILLONS DUVAL
Dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, un boucher réputé décline ses invendus dans un nouveau concept de restaurant au rapport qualité-prix imbattable.Au milieu du XIXe siècle, Baptiste Adolphe Duval...
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CONHEÇA OS SEGREDOS DOS IMORTAIS
Conheça a história de pessoas que sobreviveram a quedas de avião, incêndios, acidentes de carro. E aprenda com elas a trapacear a morte.No maior atentado do século XXI, as torres gêmeas do World Trade...
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MITOS E VERDADES SOBRE A COCA COLA
Existem muitas lendas urbanas envolvendo o refrigerante mais popular do mundo e seus similares - inclusive algumas coisas que são verdade mesmo.Ela corrói os dentesVerdade. E mesmo na versão diet....
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LAS BODAS ALQUIMICAS DE CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ
Orígenes y documentos fundamentales de la Rosa-CruzRecibe el nombre de Rosa-Cruz una hermandad oculta de buscadores espirituales que surgió en Alemania hacia el siglo XVII; sin embargo, las primeras...
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A BRIEF, BIASED HISTORY OF FLAVOR
Advanced civilizations were possible because there was a surplus of food, so not everyone had to farm all the time. Advanced civilizations are where cooking for survival changes to cuisine—cooking with...
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WATER - THE ORIGINS OF LIFE
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.ALBERT EINSTEINWater holds within itself the enigma of the origins and the evolution of life. It is the first and the most...
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TOPÔNIMOS E GENTÍLICOS COMO COGNOMES E VICE-VERSA
No artigo de Rachel de Queiroz, em O Cruzeiro, sobre Os Sobrenomes, há estas observações: “Muitos usam o nome de um país como apelido: França, Portugal, Holanda, Brasil. Mas não tem Inglaterra, Noruega...
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NOME DE PIA E OUTROS
Otto Lara RezendeNão deixa de ser engraçado a "Folha" chamar o nosso dr. Barbosa de sr. Lima Sobrinho. Ou pior: dizer num título que Sobrinho cumprirá o seu dever de cidadão. Sobrinho é por extenso...
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THE MYSTERY OF EASTER ISLAND
Who built the giant heads of Rapa Nui and why?The most easterly island in Polynesia, approximately 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) west of South America in the Pacific Ocean, Easter Island could hardly...
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VOODOO OR VODUN
The term vodun, or as it is popularly known, voodoo, is the generic name for the religious cults of the West African kingdom of Dahomey that flourished in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Since...
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FOOD - THE ESSENCE OF CHOOSING
"Have you decided what you’ d like to order, ma’am?” The waitress is waiting. You’re scanning the menu a third time, pondering ingredients, trying to inspect your appetite for clues, mentally swatting...
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DAILY LIFE IN THE INCA EMPIRE
Of the estimated ten million people living in the Inca empire at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1533, the vast majority were working people whose lives were filled from dawn till dusk with hard...
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SOBRE A POPULAÇÃO DA CAPITANIA DE MINAS GERAIS. (1807)
29.Devendo finalmente tratar dos habitantes da capitania, justo é principiar pelos indígenas,homens silvestres e montesinhos,denominados vulgar e impropriamente índios, o que vem de se ter dado à...
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TOP TEN DEADLY FASHIONS...
From breathtaking bodices to flammable frocks, these historical clothing and beauty trends really were to die for…1. KILLER HEELS - PLATFORM SHOESThis staple of the 1970s was more dangerous than coming...
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SEDENTARY PIGS, NOMADIC COWS, URBAN CHICKENS
"The emergence of the great Western cattle cultures and the emergence of world capitalism are inseparable".Jeremy Rifkin"It could be said that European civilization – and Chinese civilization too – has...
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10 STEPS ANTI-AGING DIET
We have loaded you up with lots of important information about how food and optimal food choices and preparation can help you fight aging. Now we’re going to pull it all together into a manageable...
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THE ORIGIN OF THE DIET
Agayns glotonye is the remedie abstinence(Chaucer)Fat people are nothing new. Fat women, especially, have appeared in art and artefacts across the centuries: one of the earliest found examples of...
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MONKS, MIRACLES AND MANICHEES
Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said, ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age I always did it for half an hour...
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