The Portuguese Man o'War is a familiar example. One siphonophore called the Praya dubia can reach lengths up to 50m. But to find the real all-time greats, we have to leave the animal kingdom. The most massive single organism ever, by mass, is the Giant Sequoia tree, found right ...
(traditional Chinese sailing ships) manned by 20,000 to 40,000 pirates:71—men, women, and even children. She entered into conflict with the major nations, such as the British Empire, the Portuguese Empire, and the Qing dynasty.Ching Shih and her crew's exploits had since been featured ...
1961/62 European Cup Winners' Cup first round Leixões are best remembered for a 2-0 victory against near neighbours Porto in the 1961 Portuguese Cup final, that result earning them a European Cup Winners' Cup place. On their continental debut, Filipo Nuñez's side were crushed 6-2 ...
blessed with great vision and is so two-footed that he can play on either flank. The Portuguese has had his problems over the past year and it's undeniably worrying that neither Manchester City nor Bayern Munich wanted him anymore. But Barca were short on quality at the back and Cancelo s...
The massacres perpetuated by Muslims in India are unparalleled in history, bigger than the Holocaust of the Jews by the Nazis; or the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks; more extensive even than the slaughter of the South American native populations by the invading Spanish and Portuguese....
The Portuguese water dog was made famous as the pet of choice for the Obama family. These sharp animals make excellent therapy and hearing dogs due to their willingness to learn complicated commands. #36. Giant schnauzer (tie) Paul Kounine // Wikimedia Commons ...
"Mirror of Myself"is a series of photographs of contemporary Portuguese architecture. The images by Franklin Neto, a Brazilian fine art, landscape, and architecture photographer based in Lisbon, are characterized by minimalism, shadows, and light. ...