The Cermis cable car accident, the reconstruction of the accident that shocked Italy 28 years ago
The Cermis cable car accident, a disaster that occurred 28 years ago in Val di Fiemme (Trentino-Alto Adige) but still ...
How many meters are a foot and when is it used
A foot it is a unit of measurement used to measure lengths and is exactly equivalent to 0.3048 meters, i.e ...
What is Groundhog Day celebrated today in the USA and Canada: the curious tradition
In the United States and Canada, Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2 (Groundhog Day), a tradition in which a ...
Why did people once wear monocles?
The monocle wasn’t just a bizarre accessory dandy: it was born as an optical tool for correcting myopia, although certainly ...
81 years ago Italian women obtained the right to vote: how did we get to this goal
On 1 February 1945, Italian women were granted the right to vote: after years of struggle, universal suffrage was extended ...
The sports we won’t see at Milan-Cortina 2026: from ski ballet to sled dog racing
We are now almost at the starting line of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The event, recognized as one of ...
History of torture: what are the most brutal instruments used over the centuries
Torture is a practice of causing physical or psychological pain to a person. The purposes for which it is implemented ...
Plane crash in Colombia, flight crashes on the border with Venezuela, 15 people dead: what we know
There was a plane crash in northern Colombia: a Beechcraft 1900 plane (a twin-engine turboprop) of the Colombian state company ...
What does “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” mean and who invented the Mary Poppins song
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (in English Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious) is an invented word of 33 letters, famous for being the protagonist of the most iconic ...
What “solipopist” means and why Trump was defined as such: the differences with narcissism
Solipsism began as a purely philosophical concept. It comes from Latin solus ipse“only himself,” indicates the idea that the only ...
