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Retro LEGO poster from Billund, Denmark, with bricks and toys

Have you ever heard of Billund? Probably not. Or at least not consciously. And yet, chances are high that you encountered Billund long before you could read a map, spell its name, or pronounce it correctly. You may have met it on a living room floor, under a table, or in a box that rattled...

Record player surrounded by Christmas tinsel

Mar­iah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has set an all-time chart milestone, spending a record-breaking 20 total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the most weeks ever for any song in history, according to NPR and chart tallies…

Freshly baked pizza topped with tomatoes, cheese and herbs.

Legend says Pizza Margherita was born in Naples in 1889, when Queen Margherita of Savoy visited the city. To honor her, a local pizzaiolo created a pizza with the colors of the Italian flag: red tomato, white mozzarella, and green basil. The queen loved it, and the pizza was named after her. Since then, it has become one of the most famous dishes in the world…

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