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Mensagem Post: #151 a segunda 16 mar 2015, 11:04 

Os oito avanços históricos que devemos à cerveja

A cerveja tem origem no Egipto e Babilónia. Pode mesmo ser das mais antigas criações do homem.
E isso deu frutos: eis uma lista de progressos que devemos à bebida com mais de 10 mil anos.

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Sim, a cerveja pode ser refrescante. Ou companheira nas festas com amigos. Mas é muito mais que isso. Trata-se, afinal, da primeira bebida alcoólica fabricada a partir de cereais fermentados. A Listverse, uma página na Internet que se dedica a listar factos sobre assuntos de todo o mundo, desvendou uma lista de progressos que devemos à bebida com mais de 10 mil anos. A notícia é dada pelo ABC.

Se não fosse a cerveja…

1- … os frigoríficos não existiam.
Carl von Linde construiu este eletrodoméstico quando sentiu necessidade de manter frescas as cervejas que produzia na empresa onde trabalhava, a Spaten. É que as bebidas aqueciam com o calor das máquinas.

2- … as garrafas de vidro não tinham sido inventadas.
Quem idealizou a primeira máquina capaz de produzir em série as garrafas de vidro foi Michael Joseph Owens, com o objetivo de, claro, comercializar cerveja.

3- … os Descobrimentos não tinham acontecido.
Mais rebuscado, mas aceitável. Na altura, exploradores como Cristóvão Colombo nunca partiam sem barris de cerveja, porque a água acabava por se evaporar nas longas viagens.

4 – … a colonização seria mais difícil.
Pelo menos a da América. Muitos europeus ficavam doentes ao chegar aos novos territórios por não estarem habituados à água do Novo Mundo. A mortalidade só começou a cair quando começaram a fabricar cerveja.

5 – … ninguém sabia o que era o dióxido de carbono.
O que despertou a atenção do responsável pela sua descoberta, Joseph Priestley, foi um fenómeno que acontecia numa cervejaria perto da sua casa. As cervejas tinham gás que “caia” durante o processo de fermentação. Sendo assim, tinham de ser mais pesadas que o ar.

6 – … a escala de pH não era conhecida.
Esta escala terá sido inventada enquanto se estudava a fermentação da cerveja. Foi com ela que, em Carlsberg (veja-se o nome!), se tornou possível medir com exatidão os níveis de acidez das suas bebidas.

7 – … os termómetros de mercúrio não existiam.
Isto porque James Joule os criou enquanto trabalhava numa cervejaria.

8 – … o processo de pasteurização era também desconhecido.
Diz-se que Louis Pasteur estava a tentar averiguar porque é que a cerveja se estragava quando percebeu tudo…

A cerveja parece ser uma invenção incontornável na história do mundo.
Antigamente, a bebida de cevada era oferecida aos deuses e utilizada como cosmético.
Hoje, deve fazer-se um brinde à cerveja.
Com cerveja. [:D]

Fonte: http://observador.pt/2015/03/12/os-oito-avancos-historicos-devemos-cerveja/
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7 Legendary Lost Worlds Shrouded in Mystery

7 Legendary Lost Worlds Shrouded in Mystery

Did a whole civilization disappear in one day?
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Here are 7 legendary lost worlds shrouded in mystery:

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8 Mysterious Cursed Treasures of the World

8 Mysterious Cursed Treasures of the World

As a kid, everyone, at some point or another, dreams of being Indiana Jones.
Wouldn’t it be great to go on adventures and find lost treasures?
Unfortunately, for starters, that’s not how archaeology works.
And in addition, there are probably not many hidden treasures left, especially in this day and age when so much of the world has been explored and populated.
But what if there are hidden treasures out there, just waiting to be found? But be careful, some of these treasures are cursed!

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Top 5 Strangest Islands

These islands are all REALLY strange.



5. Hashima Island
The Japanese developed Hashima when coal was discovered in the rock beneath the island and surrounding seafloor. Once considered the most densely populated place in the world with 334 people per acre (835 per hectare), this island mining community now stands completely abandoned in the waters of the East China Sea. Parts of the James Bond Movie 'Skyfall' were filmed on the island!

4. Alcatraz Island
A small, rocky outpost in the middle of San Francisco Bay, California. Spanish explorer Lt. Juan Manuel de Ayala first mapped the island in 1775 and gave it the name "Isla de los Alcatraces" (Island of the Pelicans) because of the large number of the seabirds that roosted there. It was later home to what is probably the most famous prison in the world and can still be visited today.

3. North Sentinel Island
North Sentinel Island lies some 20 miles west of Smith Island, in the Bay of Bengal. It is about 28 square miles and is completely forested, with the exception of the thin strips of beach that encircle most of it. It is populated by one of the few remaining "uncontacted tribes" in the world. The Sentinels are highly xenophobic and resist virtually all attempts at contact, frequently firing arrows at boats and helicopters that come too close to the island...

2. Snake Island
Ilha de Queimada Grande, nicknamed Snake Island, is a 110-acre island off the coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is home to a species of fer-de-lance, the Golden Lancehead Viper, which is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Local legend claims there are almost five snakes to every square yard... It is dangerous and forbidden by law to set foot on the island.

1. Easter Island
Giant stone statues, up to three stories tall, don't carve and move themselves. How, then, did the original inhabitants of Easter Island, whose only tools were stone, bone and coral, manage to accomplish such a monumental task? This question has plagued the Western world since the Dutch sea captain Jacob Roggeveen landed on the island on Easter Day, April 5, 1772...
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15 Lost Treasures You Can Still Find That'll Make You Rich

15 Lost Treasures You Can Still Find That'll Make You Rich

From lost jewels in decades past to mysterious skulls that may explain the origins of man, we count 15 of the rarest treasures you may or may not still be able to find in the world to this day.

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Mensagem Post: #158 a sexta 05 jun 2015, 15:37 

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MightyReek Escreveu:Since the beginning of mankind, men have been attracted to one thing. Or two things, I should say. You know exactly what I am referring...
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Top 5 Deadliest Mountains

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Top 10: Mythical Things That Likely Existed

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