Why you don’t pay VAT in Livigno: the history of the duty-free zone for over 500 years
Livigno is a Lombard municipality in the province of Sondrio, located in Alta Valtellina. Since 1500, Livigno has been one ...
Do you say octopus or octopus? Both are correct, but they are not exactly the same thing
At the restaurant do you order the “octopo alla luciana” or the “octopo alla luciana”? At the supermarket, at the ...
The national teams that have won two World Cups in a row: Pozzo’s Italy and Pelè’s Brazil
Winning a football World Cup is one of the most difficult feats to achieve, but managing to win it twice ...
The submerged city in the Gulf of Khambhat may not exist: India’s Atlantis 9,000 years ago
For over twenty years the Gulf of Khambhat, on the western coast of India, has been at the center of ...
44% of Italians check work emails even on holiday, why we do it: LinkedIn data
In the common imagination, holidays represent a moment of professional disconnection in which to dedicate oneself to physical and mental ...
Who was Penelope, the wife of Odysseus in the Odyssey who weaves the web: the meaning of name and myth
In Greek mythology, Penelope is Odysseus’ wife, queen of Ithacamother of Telemachus. Waits for twenty years the return of her ...
Fire at the Oxy Tower in Brussels, why the lift is not recommended in case of flames: the expert
A large fire broke out in Brussels on the construction site of the Oxy Tower, a building under renovation in ...
The Spanish Civil War of 1936, the story of the “dress rehearsal” of the Second World War
The Spanish civil war was fought between 1936 and 1939. Having started on 17 July 1936 with the coup d’état ...
Gus is the T-Rex with a record sale of 50 million, he is one of the most complete skeletons: 183 bones and 11.5m long
At a Sotheby’s auction in New York, an anonymous buyer paid $50.1 million for a specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex. It ...
Who was Calypso, history and myth of the nymph who held Ulysses for 7 years on the island of Ogygia
The nymph Calypsoknown for her beauty and for being the one who with her singing enchanted and held Ulysses, shipwrecked ...
