Why do we say “cheese” when taking pictures? Cheese has nothing to do with it! Meaning and origin
How many times, in front of a camera, have we heard someone say “say cheese“? Cheese in Italian it means ...
Does Piero Manzoni’s “Artist’s Shit” really contain excrement and how was it created?
Would you ever pay a can of excrement the figure of 275,000 euros? This is what happened in 2016, when ...
Many Cave Art Works May Have Been Done by Women: Dean Snow’s Theory
And if they had been Almost all women the first artists of the history of humanity? This theoryproposed over ten ...
Floods in Emilia-Romagna, Faenza area flooded: the meteorological explanation
AND flood emergency again in Emilia-Romagna after the two tragic floods of 2023. The cyclone Boris has poured a lot ...
San Gennaro has never been to Naples, but he is the patron saint of the city. How is this possible?
Little is known about the life of San Gennaro. Probably born in Benevento around 272 and died in Pozzuoli in ...
Smart working: what are the advantages and disadvantages?
More and more people are looking for job positions where the contractual conditions include: smart working (also called teleworking or ...
Why the Lehman Brothers Failure Led to the Great Crisis of 2008
Exactly 16 years have passed since September 15, 2008, when the American LehmanBrothersthe world’s fourth largest bank, said bankruptcygiving way ...
The Winged Lion of St. Mark’s in Venice Could Come from China and Not Be a Lion: Here’s Why
The sculpture of the great winged lion in bronze that has guarded for centuries St. Mark’s Square and the whole ...
Is There a Link Between a Person’s Facial Features and Their Name? Yes, According to a Study
Have you ever looked at someone’s face and said, for example, “You really have the face of Giovanni!“? Well, you ...
1.2 billion Chinese have only 100 surnames: how is this possible and which are the most common?
According to estimates, in Italy there would be between 300 thousand and 400 thousand surnames different, compared to a population ...
