Record petrol consumption despite price increases, peaking in July
Italians continue to consume fossil fuels even with the price of petrol having exceeded 2 euros per litre. After an ...
The Italian words that only exist in the plural: the defective nouns from holidays to weddings and surrounding areas
Wedding, holidays, dishes, darkness, surroundings: they are the so-called plurality once (“only plural”), or defective nouns, words that in Italian ...
Why dentists’ and surgeons’ lights don’t cast shadows and how operating lights work
How does the dentist avoid casting a shadow with his hand inside the patient’s mouth? The answer is the special ...
Current accounts, 1,163 billion of Italians stuck in the bank: how much it really costs
Italians continue to be a nation of savers: when it comes to money management, the most widespread habit is to ...
Silence changes meaning in different cultures: for anthropology it is an implicit communication
Silence (in Latin silentiumfrom the verb silere, be silent or not make noise) is often defined as the absence of ...
Panama will build 3 maximum security prisons similar to El Salvador’s CECOT: how they are made
Panama’s prison system has been near breaking point for years, with approx 24,000 prisoners crammed into structures designed to barely ...
From the Parks railway to the Monferrato railway, 13 lines of historic trains that travel for 1000 km
From Piedmont to Friuli-Venezia Giulia and up to Sicily, in Italy there are 13 historic train lines born between the ...
Difference between silent, do not disturb and airplane mode for calls and network: The latter saves battery
The symbols for Silent, Do Not Disturb and Airplane modes in the Apple ecosystem. Credits: Apple. Android notification curtain or ...
Condoms with holes: the withdrawn brands and what Italy risks
A recall has been triggered for around 300 thousand condoms with holes and non-compliant ones. According to the General Directorate ...
Italy first in Europe for ZTL, there are 446 in total due to the narrow streets: map of the areas
90% of European ZTLs are located in Italy, this is what the research reports Cars and cities, beyond the ban ...
