In 1497, Savonarola, a Dominican priest, started what became known annually as the Bonfire of the Vanities during a time which would normally be reserved for the festival of Carnival. The phrase refers to the destruction of many valuable and irreplaceable works that Savonarola considered to be objectionable: those of Ovid, Dante and Boccaccio, for example. He was eventually excommunicated in 1497.- Formentera is the next Balearic Island after Majorca, Ibiza and Minorca
- W-18 is a deadly new street drug that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl.
- Prince’s real name was Prince Rogers Nelson.
- A silk Isfahan carpet from central Persia was sold for $4,450,000US in 2008. Its outstanding craftsmanship, high knot density and use of pure silk were all factors which contributed to the value.
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