Back in 2019 I created a thread in the Science subforum of City-Data Forum titled Is there any theoretical limit to the magnetic field strength of permanent magnets?

In that thread I asserted that:

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Since this is City-Data Forum, nothing better than talk a bit about the city where I live. Although I was not born in Fortaleza I have lived in this city for more than 95% of my life. All my personal cultural background was formed in Fortaleza. And talking about Fortaleza is always talking about mixed feelings. There are many things to love in this city, but also things to hate.

Fortaleza, for those who don't know, is a big city of more than 2.7 million people (more than 3.5 million...

What "MalaMan" means, after all?

MalaMan was a kind of joke that some people in Northeastern Brazil used in order to make fun of some other people, calling them "MalaMan" as a reference to superheroes like "Spider-Man", or "SuperMan". The real point after all was to call someone a "mala".

In this specific context, what "mala" means in Brazilian Portuguese? It's very hard to explain in English what "mala"...

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