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1897, 24 July saw thunderstorms disrupt the celebrations of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. [3] 1955, 18 July a Spanish Plume brought a record amount of rain on one day to Martinstown Dorset, with slow-moving thunderstorms bringing 279mm of rainfall. [4] A record which stood for over 50 years until the 2009 Cumbria floods. [5]
Funny Christmas quotes "A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell." — George Bernard Shaw "We got so caught up in the little things of Christmas, like love and family, that we ...
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
Many Spanish proverbs have a long history of cultural diffusion; there are proverbs, for example, that have their origin traced to Ancient Babylon and that have been transmitted culturally to Spain during the period of classical antiquity; equivalents of the Spanish proverb “En boca cerrada no entran moscas” (Silence is golden, literally "Flies cannot enter a closed mouth") belong to the ...
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Argentine humour is exemplified by a number of humorous television programmes, film productions, comic strips and other types of media. Everyday humour includes jokes related to recurrent themes, such as xenophobic jokes at the expense of Galicians called chistes de gallegos (where they are commonly portrayed as simpletons), often obscene sex-related jokes (chistes verdes, literally "green ...
Express your thoughts about the Easter holiday with these quotes and sayings, including Bible verses, words from religious leaders, and a funny joke or two. 55 thoughtful Easter quotes to inspire ...
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