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Ponte do Saber ("Bridge of Knowledge") is a cable-stayed bridge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Designed by architect Alexandre Chan and completed in 2012, the bridge connects the Ilha do Fundão campus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to the southbound Red Line ( Linha Vermelha ) expressway that leads to downtown Rio de Janeiro .
Thylacosmilus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed metatherian mammals that inhabited South America from the Late Miocene to Pliocene epochs.Though Thylacosmilus looks similar to the "saber-toothed cats", it was not a felid, like the well-known North American Smilodon, but a sparassodont, a group closely related to marsupials, and only superficially resembled other saber-toothed mammals due to ...
The Landing of Cabral in Porto Seguro; oil on canvas by Oscar Pereira da Silva, 1904.Collection of the National Historical Museum of Brazil. The first arrival of European explorers to the territory of present-day Brazil is often understood as the sighting of the land later named Island of Vera Cruz, near Monte Pascoal, by the fleet commanded by Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral, on 22 ...
The remaining five Australians from the infamous “Bali Nine” drug gang are “relieved and happy” to be home after Canberra struck a deal with Jakarta to end their two decades of imprisonment.
Miami Heat guard Dru Smith has suffered another season-ending injury, this one a torn Achilles in his left leg. Smith got hurt Monday night in Miami's 110-95 win over Brooklyn. The Achilles tear ...
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) released a statement Wednesday urging President Biden to issue blanket pardons to individuals who may be targeted under Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s pick for ...
Escola Alegria de Saber (エスコーラ・アレグリア・デ・サベール, Esukōra Areguria de Sabēru, EAS) is a network of Brazilian international schools in Japan. It has campuses in Aichi , Gunma , Mie , and Shizuoka prefectures. [ 1 ]
From January 2008 to May 2009, if you bought shares in companies when Michael H. Sutton joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -96.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -38.2 percent return from the S&P 500.