In the collective imagination, theaters and cinemas have i seats red. Of course, today there are many with black, gray or multicolor seats, but historically this has been by far the most popular color. But for what reason? As we will see, there is no single answer: it is a …
Under the nails there are up to 100 times more bacteria than in the rest of the hand: microbiology studies
THE’chronic onychophagia (the repetitive habit of biting your nails) compromises both dental hygiene and hand health, becoming a vehicle for the continuous transfer of pathogens between the fingers, the oral cavity and the digestive system. As demonstrated by a study published in Journal of Clinical Microbiologyit subungual space (the small …
The Sun has never “shined”, because this past participle does not exist: defective verbs in Italian
You are telling a friend about your weekend at the seaside, without even a cloud. «The Sun has…» and here you get stuck. Shiny? Shiny? If neither of the two sounds good, there is a reason: the first form is no longer used and is today foreign to common use, …
