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A stiff upper lip and an almost genetic love of tea are what makes the English English. Except that the latter was actually influenced by a Portuguese woman.
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The killing of Reinhard Heydrich, a key architect of the Final Solution, was one of the greatest acts of wartime resistance in occupied Europe.
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It used to be common to see Romans bringing homemade pasta to the beach. Now, however, a new city ban is putting this beloved tradition at risk.
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Guglielmo Marconi was instantly a name known around the world, comparable today perhaps to Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs.
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In Fiji’s isolated villages, custom holds that a visitor needs to ask permission to enter by offering a tangled bundle of kava roots as sevusevu, a gesture of respect.
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To the naked eye, Lake Ohrid’s charm lies in its alluring landscape above water – but its real beauty lies beneath the surface.
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Its virtue of moderation and balance is being espoused as the next Scandinavian trend we need to be embracing.
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