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7 oddities of France

(/) SEEING IS BELIEVING A fountain turned into a huge lamp. Animations projected onto a Ferris wheel. Light puppets that move. A super lamp in the middle of the river. These and other art installations invade Lyon on December 8,…

Does any country own Antarctica?

ILLUSTRATES: Yasmin Ayumi In theory, no – the continent has no government and no permanent inhabitants. In practice, seven countries claim part of the place (see below), but this dispute is suspended until 2040 by the Antarctic Treaty, which establishes…

How did the alphabet come about?

The origin of writing is lost in history and the system used today by most western countries is the result of numerous metamorphoses over time. Everything indicates that its oldest version appeared in Phoenicia (present-day Lebanon), between the years 1400…