History

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The square flag: the curious story behind Switzerland’s most recognisable symbol

1 week ago Anya

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The silent soldiers with whiskers: how half a Million cats helped fight World War I

3 weeks ago Anya

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Before the runways, there were fields of flax: the ancient story behind the name Linate

4 weeks ago Anya

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• Music

The day music turned silver: 44 years of the Compact Disc

1 month ago Nathan

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What really happened inside mental asylums: the history no one ever tells you

1 month ago Leo S

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From desert canteen to summer icon: the extraordinary evolution of the Watermelon

1 month ago Danijel90

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Why Seven? The extraordinary story of the week that refused to change

2 months ago Danilo

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• Sport

The day the World Cup vanished: how a dog solved Football’s greatest heist

2 months ago Anya

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The Lambrate Sarcophagus: a remarkable discovery beneath Milan

3 months ago Anya

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Kottabos, the Ancient Greek drinking game that required throwing wine

4 months ago Adam

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Want you to merry a ghost? Here an definitive guide to your posthumous marriage with a dead!

7 months ago Danijel90

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Via Port’Alba: the 17th-century passageway home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world!

7 months ago Danilo

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When groundhog was on the menu of Pennsylvania

8 months ago Nathan

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Wire, house fires, feathers, toilet-cleaning brushes…with real (and fake) Christmas trees!

9 months ago Leo S

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Struwwelpeter: the 19th-century book that scared mid-19th century German kids into behaving

11 months ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Music

January 13: Stephen Foster Memorial Day!

2 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

December 10: discover Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales

2 years ago Danilo

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Seimei Stone of Kamakura – a curious slab of rock said to be both a blessing and a curse

2 years ago Pavel

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Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera – a short history of the world’s smallest national border

2 years ago Robin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

29/30/31 January: the Merla days (hen blackbird), according to tradition are the coldest days of the year ~

3 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 24 – Paganalia: ancient Rome’s “Earth Day”

3 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 17: Saint Anthony the Abbot, The Great, or The Father of Monks

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

6 January: The true story of La Befana.

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 3/5 | Compitalia, Ancient Rome’s winter street fair

3 years ago Adam

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Monday of the New Year: discover the lost celebration of Handsel Monday!

3 years ago Leo S

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• Science

Searching for the Star of Bethlehem…or something else!

3 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Day: what is the story behind this British observance?

3 years ago Leo S

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• Food

This chocolate cake has one of the most insane secret ingredient….

3 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Vulcanalia: appeasing the God of fire

3 years ago Adam

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August 18 – The day of Austrian witches!

3 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 4: It’s Independence Day for the U.S.

3 years ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The albumen of St. John: a curious Italian tradition

3 years ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

St John’s eve: ancient rituals to mark midsummer

3 years ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Juneteenth: a very important piece of American History

3 years ago Leo S

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Erwin Schrödinger between equations, cats and philosophy (and a life-size installation in Zurich)

3 years ago Leo S

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How the Nazis created Fanta

3 years ago Anya

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Wat Mahabut, the vibrant temple that honors a legendary ghost bride.

3 years ago Robin

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Behind the myth of 19th-Century grotesque ‘Tear Catchers’

3 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

A short (totally sincere) history of April Fools’ Day

3 years ago Leo S

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• History

Salii: the jumping priests of Rome

4 years ago Adam

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

March 8: some curiosities about international women’s day

4 years ago Ivan

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The ancient wishing well of Germering

4 years ago Pavel