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Incredible. About 32,000 years ago, our ancestors at Chauvet cave mastered chiaroscuro despite being in the depths of an Ice Age, often hungry, and likely surrounded by french people

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Guacamole is made of avocados, but the word 'guacamole' itself contains 'avocado' too. Via Spanish, 'guacamole' stems from Classical Nahuatl 'āhuacamōlli', literally "avocado sauce". Its first part, 'āhuaca-', is the stem of 'āhuacatl', which became 'avocado' in English. Click for more:

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Occhio, questa cosa può rendere il caso Almasri una recita scolastica techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/s...

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The crazy part I only learnt recently is that Old English 'fneosan' comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *pneu-, relating to breathing; compare Greek-derived terms like 'pneumonia' and 'pneumatic'!

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Trump fixed the economy without even taking office open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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The Maritime Approximation xkcd.com/3023

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Imagine Jacques Delors saying: “The Berlin wall has collapsed. This historic change in the region offers opportunities but is not without risks”.

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🚨🇰🇷 Il ministro della Difesa sudcoreano Kim Yong-hyun ha offerto al Presidente Yoon le sue dimissioni scusandosi per aver causato "confusione e preoccupazione" nel Paese. Secondo diversi resoconti, sarebbe stato proprio il ministro a suggerire al leader di Seul di dichiarare la legge marziale.

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Riflettete su questo video, tutto questo non è giusto. Non possiamo abbandonare gli Ucraini

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