Italy’s famous leaning tower of Pisa is not leaning so much anymore. The tower has self-corrected 4 centimeters, or 1.575 inches, over the last 20 years. The tower started leaning almost immediately after construction began in 1173, when the soft…
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Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Self-Correcting
Posted in Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: counter balance, Italy, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Marvel, physics, Science, self-correcting, Tourism, travel
We May Soon Be Wining About Wine Prices!
Bad news for wine lovers… your favourite cheap red could be getting more expensive. The International Vine & Wine Organization (OIV) reports that global wine production in 2017 fell to its lowest levels in 60 years, dropping 8.6 per cent…
Posted in Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: bad weather, Climate, Europe, France, Italy, price hike, production levels, red wine, Spain
$1.50 Will Buy You A Home In Sardinia, But There’s A Catch
Looking to get away from it all? For just €1 (about $1.50), you can buy a Mediterranean country home in Sardinia’s mountainous Barbagia region. Ollolai, the region’s former capital, is selling hundreds of empty homes for next to nothing. Officials…
Posted in Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: 1 Euro, cheap houses, fixer-upper, Italy, mountainous, Sardinia, to-good-to-be-true
