Stories and Curiosities

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Dois meninos sentados à beira de uma estrada de terra em área rural ensolarada, um descalço e outro calçado.

Stories and Curiosities31/08/20269 min read

Who are Tonho and Cacau, the boys on the Clube da Esquina cover — and how they were found 40 years later

José Antônio Rimes, known as Tonho, and Antônio Carlos Rosa de Oliveira, known as Cacau, were childhood friends in rural Nova Friburgo. Photographed by Cafi in 1971, their identiti...

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Ilustração realista de um jato executivo em aproximação noturna sobre cidade e serras, com linhas sutis de navegação no céu.

Stories and Curiosities15/08/202610 min read

What caused the Mamonas Assassinas accident? What CENIPA pointed out and what the versions simplify

The CENIPA report does not reduce the tragedy to a single maneuver: destabilized approach, fatigue, cabin and planning failures formed the sequence that led to the impact.

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Capa de Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis com os tropicalistas em pose de foto de família, segurando retratos, guitarras, uma mala e um urinol.

Stories and Curiosities10/08/20268 min read

Who appears on the cover of Tropicália or Panis et Circencis and what does each element represent?

Who is on the cover of Tropicália or Panis et Circencis, why Nara and Capinam appear in portraits and how objects, poses and colors build the tropicalist image.

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