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Savoia Castle

29 Oct 2019 3 minute read 0 comments dexpartacus

Savoia Castle A castle that looks like those of fairy tales, inside Aosta Valley (Italy) Alps next to Switzerland border and a dense vegetation all around, unique example for a region plenty of castles but almost all with square shapes and places in...

Today in History: The Cat’s Meow

18 Oct 2019 1 minute read 1 comment PolicyWonka

October 18, 1963: Early in the morning over Algeria, a French domestic cat named C-341 became the first feline to reach sub-orbital space. A lesser known achievement when compared to the American chimpanzee Ham or the Soviet canine Laika, C-341 would...

America and Italy, a Story Written in Ancient Rome?

17 Oct 2019 4 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman

Trump has a habit of saying things that are really stupid, or at least things that sound stupid. Many people think that he really is an idiot. I’m not sure. A common rule of thumb is to never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained...

Roman Aqueduct

15 Oct 2019 1 minute read 2 comments dexpartacus

The Roman Acqui Terme's aqueduct is one of the best preserved in Northern Italy, located just outside downtown next to Bormida river side. From the studies conducted so far it has emerged that it dates back to the first century AD I was lucky enou...

Rotten Water Fountain

10 Oct 2019 2 minute read 0 comments dexpartacus

I'm just got back home from vacation that I spent in Acqui Terme, a Piedmontese town among the hilly areas of Monferrato with about 20,000 inhabitants crossed by the Bormida river. One of its peculiarities are the thermal waters, in the city cente...

Today in History: Politics on the Moon

10 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments PolicyWonka

October 10, 1967: As the American-Soviet space race continued accelerate through the 1960’s, world powers took a step back to establish the concept international space law. Originally open for signatures in Washington, Moscow, and London in January o...

Today in History: Honoring Man and Country in the United States

9 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments PolicyWonka

October 9, 1888: Forty years after construction initially began, a monument to the United States’ first President, George Washington, officially opened to the public. The Washington Monument was not only a testament to the character of the nation’s n...

Today in History: Birth of a Korean Nuclear Power

9 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments PolicyWonka

October 9, 2006: The Korean Peninsula was shook by a small nuclear explosion which represented the culmination of decades’ worth of nuclear research. North Korea had successfully ignited a nuclear device within the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site. The f...

History becomes my-story

3 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments KiBLS

History becomes my-story My heart shall open the gate! I want to feel just great! My consciousness shall rise! I want to become finally wise! My whole being shall connect! I want to skill a great effect! The biggest secret is still hidden! But it is...

The List

29 Sep 2019 9 minute read 2 comments mgaft1

“What are you doing Hammie?  The tablets are fragile.  You’re going to destroy the list?” Shem exclaimed looking at Ham who scattered the piles of clay tablets all over the warehouse floor.  He grabbed Ham from behind not letting him move. Ham was sh...