Paris hotel celebrates Irish writer Oscar Wilde, refurbishes room he died in
Paris / Marta Garde / A Parisian hotel room in which Oscar Wilde died has been refurbished to pay homage to the well-known Irish poet and playwright. …
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Nochevieja en España al son del centenario reloj de la Puerta del Sol, en Madrid
De tres segundos por uva, ni uno más ni uno menos, disponen los españoles para recibir el Año Nuevo 2013 al son de las campanadas del ya más que centenario …
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O CARBALLIÑO (OURENSE) BEATS ITS OWN RECORD WITH A GIANT TAPA OF OCTOPUS
O Carballiño (Ourense / Spain) With the sound of the scissors in the background, the pulpeiras and pulpeiros from Arcos, parish of O Carballiño, have broken …
The letter Mozart wrote before dying
For the first time ever, a letter written by famous composer Wolfgan Amadeu Mozart (1756-1791) has been shown today in Vienna by Mexican tenor Rolando …
5 sentences we say when we have no idea
In this post you’ll find the five colloquial phrases that Spaniards use when do asked us and we do not know the answer (to recognize it, disguise it, or …
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ROSES FOR VALENTINES’DAY
Año tras año, cada 14 de febrero, los enamorados de cualquier punto del planeta aprovechan el día para demostrar su amor, aunque pocos saben cual es el …
THERE ARE HEAVY CROWNS SAYS ELIZABETH II TO BBC
There are disadvantages in real crowns and there are heavy crowns. For example, with the Imperial State Crown of Isabel II “you can not look down to read …
HEROD INVENTED CONSOLATION AWARDS IN SPORTS COMPETITIONS
Jerusalem / Herod the Great, despite his renowned cruelty, which even led him to order the murder of his wife and three of his children, was the one who …
TRACKING ATTENDANCE BY FACIAL RECOGNITION ARRIVES
Shanghai (China) A Chinese university is using facial recognition technology to track attendance of students in classrooms. “The traditional way of …
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SEVERAL HERMITAGE CATS DIE IN A FIRE
Several of the celebrated cats of the St. Petersburg Hermitage, one of the best and largest art galleries in the world, were killed today in a fire in one of …
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JALISCO (MEXICO) GETS INTO GUINNESS FOR ITS GUACAMOLE
Concepción de Buenos Aires (Jalisco, Mexico) /The western state of Jalisco in Mexico, known for its avocado fields, has gotten into the Guinness Book of …
WHY IS “SANLUCAR DE BARRAMEDA” THE CAPE CANAVERAL OF THE XVI CENTURY?
500 years ago Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) was the epicenter of a great feat: the first around the world. Its historical importance has been compared with …
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CALIFORNIA NOW HOLDS RECORD FOR WORLD’S LONGEST PIZZA
A pizza of almost two kilometres (1.24 miles) in length, made east of Los Angeles became the world’s longest as it exceeded the previous record set in …
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Melons at 12,000 euros!
Two melons from Yubari, a town on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, have been bought for 1.5 million yen (12,000 euros / 13,400 dollars) in the auction …