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It may seem absurd, but the “Paris Syndrome” exists. Born from the French “Pari syndromes”, this psychosomatic condition affects some ...
Mahatma Gandhi, a brief biography and thoughts of the Indian leader who supported non-violence
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Palio di Siena, the brief history of the most famous horse race in Italy today at the center of controversy
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Who was the first art historian in the modern era? He was an Italian, Giorgio Vasari
Not many people know that the first art historian of the modern era he was an Italian of the sixteenth ...
What is meant by the term “consumerism” and what damage does it cause?
Consumerism is a word that was born around the 1920s and constitutes one of the key elements of our society ...
What do the letters in the acronym LGBTQIA+ refer to and what does the acronym mean?
LGBTQIA+ it’s a acronym whose origins date back to the 1980s and which we hear used more and more often ...
Who invented playing cards and what is their history
The playing cards they were invented in China towards the end of the first millennium AD From China they arrived ...
Who were the Vandals, who sacked Rome in 455? The term “vandalism” comes from them
Today it is common to talk about vandalism and give some vandal to those who voluntarily and without reason damage ...
The first board game in history is the “senet” of Ancient Egypt: what it is and how it was played
The oldest game of which we have news is the senetborn in Egypt towards the end of the 3rd millennium ...
Behind the scenes of a compliant zoo: where they get the animals and how it works
In the absence of information on how does it work one zoo or, better said, a zoological park (that is, ...
