Why do they say “ditto with potatoes” and what does this saying mean?
“Ditto with potatoes” is an expression familiar to many Italians, often used with tone ironic to indicate repetitiveness or similarity, ...
Did the Three Wise Men really exist? Let’s see who they were and where they came from, between tradition and history
To the Magi a short passage is dedicated to second chapter of Gospel of Matthew: coming from an unspecified “East”, ...
Biography of Winston Churchill: the leader who led the United Kingdom during World War II
Winston Churchillborn in Oxfordshire in 1874 and died in London in 1965was a conservative political leader, Prime Minister of the ...
Brief history of the Battle of Caporetto, one of the worst defeats of the Italian army
There battle of Caporetto was fought in an included area between Friuli and Veneto from 24 October to 12 November ...
The disastrous Arctic balloon expedition of 1897
No, the story we are about to tell you did not come out of a novel by Jules Verne: in ...
What is the haka, the typical New Zealand dance, and what is its meaning
There haka it’s one traditional Maori dance which has its roots in centuries of history and culture of New Zealand. ...
Outdoor smoking ban: which cities in Italy and around the world have introduced it
From 1 January 2025 the city of Milan has officially established the smoking ban in public areasincluding roads, except for ...
India removes toxic waste 40 years after the Bhopal disaster: 337 tons of waste removed
337 tons of toxic waste produced by Bhopal disasterin India, the most serious industrial accident in history occurred on the ...
The Texas City disaster: the deadliest industrial accident in US history
Two tremendous explosions destroyed the port of Texas Citya few kilometers from Houston (TX, USA) on April 16, 1947in what ...
Colossus of Rhodes, history and legend of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Among the seven wonders of the ancient world (term used by ancient writers to indicate the seven most important monuments ...
