Why is the cocktail called that? In English it means “rooster's tail”
The term “cocktail” is now universally recognized as synonymous with often alcoholic drinkcomposed of various ingredients. But what exactly does ...
Why did the Colosseum only half collapse? Due to an earthquake
L'asymmetry of the profile of the Colosseum it is one of the most recognizable characteristics of the most famous amphitheater ...
History of shoes: the evolution of footwear from prehistory to today
The shoes they have existed since time immemorial. Probably, yeah one hundred thousand years does humans used leaves and bark ...
How and when we domesticated the cat
There domestication it is the process of incorporating wild species, whether animal or plant, into human social structures. It is ...
Thirty years ago apartheid ended: history of the policy of racial segregation in South Africa
L'apartheid (which means “separateness” in the Afrikaans language) was the system of racial segregation established in South Africa by the ...
Short biography of Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who defeated apartheid in South Africa
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), also known by the nickname of Madibait was the political leader of blacks in South Africa e ...
In Japan by 2531 they could all have the same surname, “Sato”, here's why
All inhabitants of Japan with the same surname in about 500 years? It seems impossible, but due to a Japanese ...
The Moby Prince disaster of April 10, 1991: what happened and the possible causes of the sinking
The April 10, 1991 in Livorno one of the occurred largest maritime disasters of Italian history, what involved the Moby ...
The Vietnam War, brief history and chronology of the resistance conflict against the USA
There Vietnam War, which broke out in 1955 and ended in 1975, was fought mainly in South Vietnam between the ...
Many of the supposed “good things” done during fascism are hoaxes
Fascism ruled Italy for approximately twenty years. Some people believe that Mussolini's dictatorship committed only a few errorssuch as the ...
