You could be forgiven if you assumed the Vatican — headquarters of Roman Catholicism — was a district of Rome. After all, the religion even has the city’s name in its title. But you would be mistaken! Although it’s located entirely within Rome, the home of the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica is actually […]

2020 was arguably the worst year for humanity since World War II, and even now the pandemic persists. As of late April 2021, over 3.1 million people have died of Covid-19. In America —  the country with the world’s biggest economy —  580,000 have perished, nearly 20% of the global death toll.  While the pandemic […]

Getting sick and tired of Covid-19? While it is still important to mask up and practice social distancing, the distribution of vaccines offers hope that even if the world has changed forever, there will be a return to at least some sense of normalcy in the near future. In the meantime, since we’re on the […]

How do you like living in your country? Since you’re reading this on the internet, you’re probably pretty set for now, but would you say you’re happy? Interestingly, despite the devastating events of the past year, the changes in the ranking of the happiest countries are very insignificant compared to 2020 or even 2019. For […]

YouTube has come a long way since it was first launched in April 2005. It was originally a hodgepodge of random videos featuring people doing mundane things — indeed, the very first YouTube video, posted by the website’s co-creator Jawed Karim, was him at the zoo commenting on the size of elephant trunks. But fast […]

Tattoos seem to be more popular than ever and they seem to have lost the association that they’re purely something for criminals or controversial music artists. Some people go the extra mile though, like British woman Becky Holt. She currently has 95% of her body covered in tattoos and has spent over £35,000 on getting […]