The earliest civilizations developed between 4000 and 3000 BCE, when the rise of agriculture and trade allowed people to have food and economic stability. Civilizations first appeared in Mesopotamia and later in Egypt, then in the Indus Valley by about 2500 BCE, in China by about 1500 BCE...

Do you feel that you know everything there is to know about Disney animated movies? Try to think again.  Forget about deleted scenes, we are talking about characters that hit the cutting room floor and fun anecdotes about character names....

The world is big, very big: different people, places, habits and customs. Do you know any interesting facts that really help make our world a fun place to live? In Germany, for example, you could see people knocking on their...

If you are a sports fan, then you probably know world records, player rankings and famous statistics. Nevertheless, do you know any fun facts about sports? During the Olympic Games in China, Usain Bolt ate only chicken nuggets. Ultimately, he won...

Do you remember what life was like before Facebook, YouTube or Instagram? By 2025, we will lose over five million jobs to automation. While advancements in machinery and technology may combine to provide graduates with the tools to explore experiment...

How will we be travelling in 10, 20 or 500 years? Will we be flying our cars from Salamanca to New York?  While we imagine, engineers and designers all over the world are testing out what could become the vehicles...

“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” (Pablo Picasso) There are a lot of misconceptions about art. Some people think we need to be creating paintings or sculptures to be considered real artists. However, we are all born...

Riverside picnics, homemade hornazo, families enjoying the sunshine, students relaxing on benches and blankets, drinking vino and calimocho, while children run around, laughing and playing.  Welcome to el Lunes de Aguas in Salamanca! Spain has many traditions and many public holidays, but few festive traditions...

Semana Santa is the Spanish name for Holy Week. The celebration of Semana Santa dates back to the 16th century, when the Catholic Church decided to present the story of the Passion of Christ in a way that the layperson...

April Fools’ Day, celebrated on April 1 each year, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from...