12 thousand flights canceled in May due to the fuel crisis: what will happen in Europe this summer
Many of us are making summer holiday reservations, or have already made them in recent weeks, despite growing concerns about ...
Josip Broz Tito, dictator and political leader of communist Yugoslavia who challenged Stalin: life and death
Josip Broz, known as Tito, was a Yugoslavian political leader and dictator. Born in 1892 in Croatian territory, in the ...
Why in some countries being late is rude and in others it is not: mono-chronic or poly-chronic cultures
For many people, punctuality represents a fundamental form of respect: arriving at the appointed time, especially in formal environments, demonstrates ...
Because chewing gum changes its name based on the Italian region: cicca in the North and cingomma in the South
If ten different people from all over Italy were asked what they say “chewing gum”, surely each one would answer ...
What daily life was like in Ancient Egypt: in 3000 BC the day on the Nile began with beer
Let’s imagine how a day in Ancient Egypt could be spent, from the morning in which we get up and ...
Because we say “paying the Roman way” when you divide the bill equally
In Italian there is an expression used to indicate the action of divide the costs equally at the end of ...
Fire on Monte Faeta in Tuscany, 800 hectares burned and 3500 evacuated: the dynamics and the possible cause
800 hectares burned, a perimeter of 17 km, 3500 people evacuated in the middle of the night from Asciano, a ...
When sets lasted forever: how the Rally Point System changed the rules of volleyball
The volleyball we know today, with quick sets to 25 points and matches of overall predictable duration, has not always ...
The history of Caffè Florian in Venice, among the oldest coffee shops in the world, still in business since 1720
The oldest historic café still active in Italy and among the oldest in the world, it was inaugurated on 29 ...
Study, work, resign: because in Italy it is still mothers who leave their jobs
Study, work, resign. This seems to be the parable of thousands of Italian women who every year are forced to ...
