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

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Madonna at 68: the woman who refused to let Pop stand still

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• Music
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August 15, Max Gazzè, San Remo 2018 and the legend of Cristalda and Pizzomunno: the love story that still waits for the sea

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• Travel

The Salton Sea: California’s accidental inland sea where paradise became a ghostly landscape

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• Music

Liam Gallagher: The Beautiful Chaos of Rock’s Last Great Wild Child

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• Myths and Legends

The giant beneath Sicily: the ancient Greek myth that turned Mount Etna into a prison

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• History

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

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• Motors

The rolling masterpieces of Pakistan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Sturgeon Moon – discover August’s 2026 full moon

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• Sport

23 Million signatures against Argentina? The viral petition that turned World Cup conspiracies into a global phenomenon

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• History

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

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• Music

The crossroads bargain: the legend of Robert Johnson and the Devil who changed the Blues forever

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• Music

The guitar that shouldn’t exist: how Brian May’s homemade instrument changed rock forever

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• Sport

Why two National Flags never touch the ground before a FIFA match

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• Music

Pitbull makes Guinness World Records history with the biggest gathering of bald caps ever!

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• Travel

When the Sea Steps Aside: South Korea’s Real-Life Moses Miracle

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• Music

The Macarena: one of the world’s most famous dance…to a song almost nobody understands

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• Sport

Argentina: the stories, superstitions and legends behind one of Football’s most fascinating National Team!

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• Breaking News
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The hairy croissant thart shocked the web: how a Thai bakery turned pastry into a global conversation

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• Music

The nuns, Marilyn Manson and the Media storm that never needed to happen

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• Music

When Patty Pravo met Jimi Hendrix: the wild Roman night that became rock legend

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• Sport

When politics, poisoned lemons and twelve goals collide: Spain’s National Team most unbelievable stories!

3 months ago Anya

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

3 months ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Where Miracles Whisper Among the Tombs: The Twin Cemeteries of Aguascalientes

3 months ago Ivan

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• Breaking News
• Music

Bruce Dickinson’s Military-Themed Summer: From a Tank Entrance to Armed Forces Day

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• Motors

328,000 LEGO Pieces, One Record-Breaking Run: The Full-Scale Koenigsegg That Reached 111 km/h

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• Breaking News
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Kirk Hammett Takes an Unexpected Tumble During Metallica’s Dublin Show—Then Laughs It Off

3 months ago Nathan

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• Breaking News
• Food

Japan’s Oyster Soft-Serve Ice Cream Is Redefining the Limits of Dessert

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• People, mysteries and stories

The House Within a House: Croatia’s Most Remarkable Legend of Defiance

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• Travel

The Grudge (Al Ba’sa): Beirut’s razor-thin house built out of spite

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• Sport

Mexico’s ‘Field of the Gods’: Football, Tradition and Community Inside an Ancient Volcano

4 months ago Nathan

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• Food

Dragon’s Beard Candy: the delicate sweet once reserved for emperors!

4 months ago Nathan

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• People, mysteries and stories

A Grave Without a Name: the Unknown man of Hardingstone!

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• Food

Mold-Aged Tuna – a furry, controversial Japanese delicacy

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Meet the Crimson Dawn Witches that appear every Midsummer’s Eve on Wyoming’s Casper Mountain!

4 months ago Leo S

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• Food

Panther Milk: developed by Spain’s elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona’s college students!

4 months ago Nathan

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• History

The Lambrate Sarcophagus: a remarkable discovery beneath Milan

4 months ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Sven P. Andersson’s: the very rock that killed him marks his grave!

4 months ago Robin

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• Food

The true, sincere difference between Brioche, Croissant, and Cornetto

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• Art and Photography

The Tale of the Scale and the Skull

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• Food

Jibachi Senbei – discover Japan’s unique wasp-infused crackers!

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• Travel

The fascinating history of Sealand – the world’s smallest independent state

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