“Santa Claus is red because Coca-Cola invented him.” At least once in our lives, we have all heard this phrase. It is one of the most widespread beliefs related to Christmas, but how much truth is there? In this video we decided to clarify, reconstructing the true evolution of Santa Claus: a journey through time that starts from far away, ...
If post a letter to Santa Clausespecially if you send it via postal services that have dedicated initiatives (such as Poste Italiane), magic happens: the letter is collected, often sorted by elves or volunteers and, if you have given a return address, Santa Claus (or his helpers) will reply to you. In short, a dream come true: being contacted directly ...
3I/ALTAS taken from Ranco (VA). Credit: Francesco Cotroneo There comet 3I/ATLASthe third “interstellar visitor” discovered to transit our Solar System after the asteroid Oumuamua and the comet Borisovis not only a celestial body of extreme interest for astronomers all over the world: it has now become one of the most discussed scientific topics of this 2025 thanks to the “theories” ...
The Christmas period concentrates an enormous amount of in just a few weeks digital purchasesmessages, notifications and online interactions, creating a potentially very fertile environment for online scams. We are talking about well-known techniques, often not even too sophisticated from an IT point of view, but extremely refined on a psychological level: email phishing, false messages that imitate official communications, ...
In recent years the word “maranza“has entered everyday language: we find it on social media, in newspapers and even in fashion. This term refers to them groups of very young kidsoften loud and recognizable for their flashy style and street attitude. Maranza means, in Italian jargon, an individual belonging to groups and groups of young people noisy. But, behind the ...
On television, every time a contestant takes a quiz, the potential money win is expressed as gold tokens. But what does it mean? And, above all, How much money do the winners actually take home? Suppose, for example, that a bet ends with a win of 150,000 euros, as happened yesterday December 21st at “Who wants to be a millionaire”: ...
Monumental structures of the Temple of Ra. Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities A new and important one archaeological discovery comes from Egypt, where an Italian mission is bringing to light the remains of valley temple of the solar deity Rabuilt by Pharaoh Niuserraruler of 5th dynasty (2500-2350 BC) who reigned around in the mid-25th century BC. C. The ...
From 10am today December 22, 2025 the operator Tim is recording a down in Italy: according to the portal Downdetectorthere are currently over 4,600 reports from users reporting disservices, such as problems with access to the internet line from a landline and for the mobile network, with inconveniences even for making and receiving phone calls. The peak of reports came ...
The mud explosion at Black Diamond Pool. Credit: USGS In the national park of Yellowstone there was “aeruption of mud” at the Black Diamond Poolone of the best-known hot springs in the area. As reported by the USGS (United States Geological Survey), this dirty eruption (literally “dirty eruption”) occurred at 9.23am on December 20th (local time, 5.23pm in Italy), with ...
For a state, have one outlet to the sea or on the Ocean is a fundamental advantage: the sea routes, in fact, first of all allow greater development of trade – especially from an international point of view -, but they also guarantee access to a series of strategic resources, such as fish (obtained from fishing). In the list of ...