Mexico rarely goes a day without having some type of festival, holiday or celebration of some sort. In fact. the days between December 12 and January 6 are nicknamed “Guadalupe–Reyes,” referring to the holidays between the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe and theDía de Reyes(Epiphany). T...
This isn't the only notable posthumous fact about Columbus. Another is that, stemming from his original agreement with the Spanish Crown as to the expedition, Columbus was convinced that the Crown owed him 10 percent of the entire commercial revenue generated by the colonies set up in the New...
Listed below are interesting facts about Croatia. Croatia Has 1,300 Islands Along Its Adriatic Coast.Croatia has 1,300 islands and islets along its Adriatic Coast, stretching from the Istrian peninsula to Montenegro. The islands have high biodiversity, with 7,000 identified plant and animal specie...
The University of Santo Tomas was founded in Manila, Philippines, by Dominican monks in 1611. It is the world’s largest Catholic university in terms of population. Both it and the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, founded in 1595, are older than Harvard University, which was not foun...
Well I am thinking that you did not know that piece of fact.Continuing with some more facts about Jamaica... We have the largest natural harbour in the world known as the Kingston Harbour. This harbour is approximately 16 kilometres or 9.9 miles long and 3.2 kilometres or 2.0 miles wide....
The city is also famous for producing high quality tobacco, good coffee, national rum and the birth of the famous dance of the Dominican Republic called "merengue". Besides the fact that Santiago is a well-developed ... Open » Puerto Plata This town was founded in 1496, and its ...
Romero will fight Jackson Mariñez of the Dominican Republic this Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, a fight achieved after a series of events that began even before his birth. Romero, who is undefeated but has only eleven professional fights, spoke about his life, his father...
Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras “right” for American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested…. Looking back on it, I felt I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The ...
While the live dolphins are destined for a life in captivity, the dead are bound for dinner plates. Despite the fact that dolphin meat is exceptionally high in mercury due to a diet high in fish, proponents claim the meat is safe for human consumption. Indeed, supermarkets across Honshu adve...
It should come as no surprise that the most famous explorer of all also spied some mermaids on his journeys. On Jan. 9, 1493,Christopher Columbusreported seeing three mermaids near the Dominican Republic. Columbus was not as fortunate as Captain Smith: his mermaids were “not half as beautiful...