28. 11. 2023 | Discover Czechia People are creative critters who like coming up with all kinds of crazy names. This can be seen when they name food. When we have a closer look at Czech food, there are a lot of things to eat which sound quite bizarre. Here are some examples.
Volské oko Volské oko can be translated as the oxen eye. That does sound a bit strange. Read More...
Amid a heavy snowstorm, an avalanche ripped through part of a trail at Palisades Tahoe (formerly known as Squaw Valley), the largest ski resort in California’s Lake Tahoe region, on Wednesday morning, killing one and injuring three others.
This marks the first avalanche fatality in the country for the 2023-2024 winter season, according to a national database by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Thirty people were killed by avalanches in the 2022-2023 winter season, while 17 were killed the previous season. Read More...
October 5, 2014 9:04 AM EDT
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, who would have celebrated his 97th birthday on Oct. 21, was the very model of the modern American musical genius: a brilliant instrumentalist and stylistic innovator, he was also an extroverted performer with a wicked sense of humor.
One of the primary creators of bebop in the mid-1940s and an unparalleled trumpeter, Dizzy was a populist who wanted his music to be understood, appreciated and enjoyed. Read More...