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  • 2015: the year when Italy’s demographic malaise became apparent

    2015: the year when Italy’s demographic malaise became apparent0

    Recently there has come to light yet more news that suggests that yes, Europe is indeed dying. According to Reuters, for the first time in three decades the Italian population declined (the last population drop was a very small one in 1986, and in effect Italy’s population has been growing continually since 1952). The population

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  • 2000 and 2020

    2000 and 20200

    There was real panic in the air 20 years ago. The “Y2K bug” was a deceptively simple flaw in older mainframes and software. It coded the year portion of dates with two digits, but this flaw would face a reckoning upon the turn of the millennium, as 2000 would now only be rendered as “00.”

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  • 20,000 Pages Under Quarantine: Classic Book Series Everyone Should Read

    20,000 Pages Under Quarantine: Classic Book Series Everyone Should Read0

    Happy World Book Day to all voracious readers who are finally getting through their libraries of books they always meant to read some day! The same wishes go to all others stuck at home wondering what to do.  If you find yourself in either camp, why not check out the list of books below? It’s

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  • 20 Undisputed Facts About the FBI’s Investigations into Clinton and Trump

    20 Undisputed Facts About the FBI’s Investigations into Clinton and Trump0

    In May 2017, Robert Mueller, the former director of the FBI, was tapped as Special Counsel in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. Several members of the Trump Campaign—including former NSA Director Michael Flynn and former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort—were

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  • 20 of Shakespeare’s Most Blistering Insults

    20 of Shakespeare’s Most Blistering Insults0

    “No longer from head to foot than from hip to hip: she is spherical, like a globe.” Dromio of Syracuse referring to the great girth of the future wife of his lost brother in The Comedy of Errors “Thou art a Castilian King urinal!” – The Host to Caius in The Merry Wives of Windsor

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  • 20 Life Experiences Every Child Should Have

    20 Life Experiences Every Child Should Have0

    A few years ago, the British-run Ordnance Survey released a list of 20 basic skills which were nearing extinction among today’s young people. Among the disappearing skills? Reading a map, making bread, and tying a knot. Unfortunately, these 20 items aren’t the only “basic skills” that are disappearing from the consciousness of the next generation.

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