Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson illustrated by Sidney Paget, by the story “The Greek interpretter”, on The Strand Magazine, 1893. Credit: Via Wikimedia Commons “Elementary, Watson!” It is a literary quote attributed to Sherlock Holmesthe famous detective conceived by the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and appeared for the first time in 1887, which went down in ...
Panoramic photography of the Thridrangar Lighthouse, Credits: [email protected]; Via Wikimedia Commons From the cold waters of theAtlantic of the Northon the islet of Háidrangur More than 7 kilometers from the Icelandic coast, a rocky spur emerges on which 36 meters in height taps the Thridrangar lighthouse (Þrídrangaviti in Icelandic), considered, not wrong, the most isolated lighthouse of the entire planetso ...
The so -called “chlorine smell”, Strong and pungent associated with swimming pools, especially those indooris not entirely the fault of the chlorine or at least not directly. We are not talking about chlorine gas only (and fortunately, otherwise it would be worse!), But that smell so recognizable and often annoying is caused by chlorinesubstances that are formed when chlorine, used ...
The cloistered nuns they are nuns who they spend their life in the conventdedicating himself to prayer and work, without being able to go out (from this derives the word cloistered, that is, closure), if not on special occasions. Contacts with the outside world are rigidly regulated, but the precise rules change according to the orders (Benedictine, Clarisse, Carmelitane, etc.): ...
In some Mediterranean countriesas in some areas of Spain And ItalyAfter lunch Between 12.00 and 15.00 the so -called time of the siesta – Our “nursing”, a tradition that is not only synonymous with relaxation, but a real cultural pillar. There siesta (or “afternoon rest”) has ancient origins that sink into the need to escape the heat and preserve the ...
THE 44 he is 60 Years are two crucial points for the aging of our body. According to science, in fact, you do not always age with the same speed. The most recent studies suggest that our body does not age slowly and constantly but, on the contrary, it undergoes two real and precise waves of molecular changes associated with ...
Credit: Oceanix/Big -Bjarke Ingels Group. Conceived for resist natural disastersfirst of all the tsunami, Oceanix City is an interesting example of floating city modular. This 600 million dollar maxi-project will be able to host a total of 10,000 inhabitants in hexagonal islands and bears the signature of the study Un-habitatthe Mit Center for Oceanic Engineering and the Bjarke Ingels Group. ...
The layout of the Silverstone circuit, via Wikimedia Commons The Silverstone circuit is one of the 24 tracks of the championship of Formula 1 Located in Northamptonshire, north of London, England. Theater of the first Grand Prix in the history of F1 (13 May 1950), Silverstone is one of the longest and most fast circuits of the whole calendar with ...
The champion casino; Via Wikimedia Commons Italian champion is a Italian country of about 1803 inhabitants, geographically placed in Swiss. It belongs to Italy because until the Napoleonic age it was a Feudo of the Archdiocese of Milan. At the end of the 18th century he lost the status of ecclesiastical territory, but was not annexed to the Swiss Confederation. ...
In United Stateseverything seems to be “bigger”: the roadsthe housingthe carthe portions of foodi supermarkets. It is an image that affects anyone who visits the country for the first time. But why is everything so big in northern America? This trend is not a simple trait folklorebut the result of a combination of historical, geographical, economic and cultural factors who ...