90% of the world’s population lives in the northern hemisphere: this is how we are distributed on Earth

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Currently there are approximately human beings inhabiting the Earth 8.2 billion: twice as many as we were in 1974. However, ...

Nobel Prize in Economics 2024 to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson: who they are

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The Prize from the Bank of Sweden of 2024 for Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly called Nobel ...

What is the Dunning-Kruger effect, when inexperienced people think they know more than others

cosa e effetto Dunning Kruger
Have you ever listened to someone speak with extreme confidence about a topic, even though it was clear that they ...

Can you say “But but” and “I like it”? Yes, according to the Accademia della Crusca

ma pero a me mi piace si possono dire
For years, the use of expressions like “but but” And “I like it” it has been labeled as absolutely incorrect ...

What is the oldest university in the world? The University of Bologna, founded almost a thousand years ago

universita piu antica del mondo ateneo di bologna
There oldest university of the world is the university of Bolognafounded in 1088. Originally at the university they only taught ...

The 4 things to absolutely see at the Herculaneum excavations if we visit the archaeological site

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The site of Herculaneumtogether with that of Pompeiiis one of the most famous in all of Italy. The two cities ...

How did a few European conquistadors colonize the Americas after Christopher Columbus?

conquistadores conquista colonizzazione americhe america
There European colonization of American continentwhich began in the sixteenth century, caused the progressive occupation of the so-called New World ...

From Odin to Thor and Loki: what were the main deities of the Scandinavian peoples and the Vikings?

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Before the advent of Christianity, the peoples of Northern Europe professed one polytheistic religionaccording to which the gods lived in ...

10 English words that we almost certainly pronounce wrong

10 parole inglesi che quasi sicuramente sbagliamo a pronunciare
One of the most difficult to learn the language English it’s there pronouncenot only for those who study the language, ...

Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature. Who is the South Korean writer

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The South Korean writer Han Kang (born in Gwangju on November 27, 1970) is the winner of the Nobel Prize ...