The proposal to officially celebrate the maternal figure with the “Mother’s Day“, already celebrated by ancient times from Greek And Romansofficially dates back to mid -1800swhen the American pacifist Ann Reeves Jarvis He tried to bring together the Northist and South History Mothers after the Civil War, organizing for their opportunities for meeting. His daughter, at the beginning of the ...
There Russian roulette It is a gambling frompotentially fatal outcomewhich consists in bringing the temple a pistol loaded with fewer bullets than those that the drum could contain (generally, with a single bullet) and press the trigger. In this way, the possibility that the weapon disappears – and therefore kills the “player” – is completely random. Russian roulette, despite the ...
When we think about minesoften we imagine large open -air excavations or shallow underground tunnels. But there are places where man has pushed his ability to exploit the limit, literally going to the depths of the earth. One of these extraordinary places is found in South Africasouth-west of Johannesburg, and is the gold mine more deep of the world; is ...
Alexandre Marius Jacob, the man who could have inspired the “gentleman thief” born from Leblanc’s pen. Arsenio Lupinethe “gentleman thief” conceived by the writer Maurice Leblancis the protagonist of numerous novels of the French novelist, whose first (Arsenio Lupin’s arrest) was published in 1905 in the magazine Je sais tout. Although everyone knows Lupine, not everyone knows that it could ...
Each of the main Italian pre -unity states had its own currency, understood as account unit: the Lira Sabauda It was used in the Kingdom of Sardinia; there Austrian lira in Lombardo-Veneto; The florin in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany; the shield in the Papal States; The duchy in the kingdom of the two Sicilies. Each kingdom also established its ...
Today the second most popular sport in the world is the cricket (behind only football) with about 2.5 billion of followers, many of whom are allocated to India where this ancient sport has attracted in a way so strong that it is now considered one religion. But where does this discipline come from? In India, it is the most popular ...
Artistic representation created with IA. The dogma of papalphalability provides that the pontiff is considered infallible when he speaks Former cathedra Of doctrinal issues. The dogma has been approved In 1870 from the Vatican Council i by the will of the Pope Pius IX and proclaimed with the Constitution Pastor Aeternuswhich however did not define precisely on what occasions the ...
Tim Friedean ex-mechanical of Wisconsin (USA) e fond of snakesundertook in 2001 an extreme path to protect himself from his collection of lethal reptiles: self-dejecting low doses of poison. After 24 years from the beginning of this risky self-speculation and after over 200 bites, TIM’s blood could revolutionize the Treatments against bites of these poisonous animals. A study published in ...
By the famous Colosseum al Roman Forum and from the Fountain of Trevi to Square NavonaRome is certainly a city that needs no introduction. Founded, according to legend, in 753 BC from the one who would become his first king, RomulusRome has been the beating heart of one of the most important civilizations in the Mediterranean for over a millennium. ...
Roberto Savianowriter and journalist known for his courageous commitment to tell the complex realities of organized crime, as he did in his famous book Gomorrahreturns to the center of the cultural scene with his latest novel Love does not die which explores the strength of love capable of challenging the violence of the ‘ndrangheta. In this episode of Popcornerthe guest ...