The curse of William Penn in Philadelphia is one of the most curious superstitions in the world of sports. To the relief of local fans, it ended in 2008 after more than twenty years in prison. In Philadelphia there was an unwritten law that prevented building a building taller than the William Penn statue … […]
Imagine that you are going to do a work at home, you tear down a wall in the basement and a stone cabin appears. And a corridor. And another cabin. And you go down some stairs, and others, and others. And it turns out that you’ve just discovered an underground city that’s over 3,000 years […]
In this age when leaders around the world have to make risky, tough and controversial decisions, it is good to remember how the Persians did it a long, long time ago. According to Herodotus, the Persians had a curious way of making their most important decisions: “well drunk.” As Herodotus was very fine speaking, I […]
