#Italian #spaghetti: proof that #flour, #water and #centuries of #culinary #obsession can create #perfection. Traditionally made from durum #wheat #semolina, its starch helps #sauces cling when properly #emulsified. And no, Italians don’t usually eat spaghetti with a #spoon

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#Wimsener #Wasserhöhle: #Germany’s only #natural #cave you can #explore by #boat. Hidden in the #Swabian #Jura, this flooded #limestone cave takes visitors into an #underground #world carved by water over thousands of #years. Geology’s tunnel, with a boatman instead of tour guide

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Which #European #language am I #reading? A Y/N #flowchart of #linguistic #detective work. Lots of ä, ö, ü? Maybe #German. Endless #vowels? #Finnish is #suspicious. Looks like #English but isn’t? Probably #Dutch. 200+ EU languages, one flowchart, and a lot of #confused linguists

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#Canned #sardines: tiny #fish, big #history. Popular in 19th-ct. #France, packed in #oil, #brine or #tomatosauce & heat-sterilized for a long shelf #life. Rich in #omega3, #protein & #Ca (eat the bones 😉). Basically: a #nutritional #powerhouse living in a #metal #apartment

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#Waterfalls: #nature’s way of turning #gravity into a #spectacular #performance. As #water plunges over #rock, it #erodes the #landscape and can make the #waterfall retreat upstream over #time. Some even #generate their own #mist and #rainbows.

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