What maketh a violin?
The modern day violin was first designed in Italy by Andrea Amati, of the Amati family, in the 1500s. Future...
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What are gravitational waves?
Gravitational waves are vibrations that occur when highly dense cosmological elements like dwarf stars, neutron stars or black holes come...
Why is 17 considered an unlucky number in Italy?
The number 17 can be written in Roman as XVII. When these numerals are rearranged, it reads VIXI, which means...
Telstar – the satellite that relayed the first transatlantic TV signals
In 1962 the satellite Telstar was developed by AT&T and it was placed in an orbit of 682 to 4,030 miles...
France’s teacher in winemaking
The French are known to be expert wine-makers. But archaeologists have analysed a stone platform dated to 425 BC to...
In which language is the origin of the word ‘malaria’ rooted?
In Italian, mala means ‘bad’ and aria means ‘air’. Thus the word malaria got coined basically to mean ‘bad air’.
