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The oldest living Italian nun celebrated her 110th birthday on Monday, February 20th.The faithful sister named Candida Bellotti, who has lived through two world wars, ten popes and 57 prime ministers, shared some tips for anyone hoping for anyone to live an equally long life.   The nun was born in  the year 1907,  Verona Italy, and first became a nun in 1931, joining the order Ministre degli infermi di San Camillo and working as a nurse in hospitals and care homes across the country. In the year 2000, at the age of 93, the nun moved to the motherhouse of the convent, where she takes an active part in community life and is known for her lively and joyful attitude. She celebrated the milestone of reaching 110 with other members of the order and the Bishop of Lucca, Italo Castellani, while Pope Francis sent his birthday wishes. The pontiff participated spiritually in the shared joy of the happy anniversary, sending deep congratulations and heartfelt wishes.Sister Candida ...

Earlier in the month, we heard that Adolf Hitler's telephone, recovered from the Fuhrerbunker and kept in a box at an English country house since 1945, will be sold at auction in the United States. Well, the phone has now been sold. It was sold on Sunday February 19, 2017 ,that's yesterday, for the sum of $243,000. The winning bid was made by phone but the name of the bidder has not been released. The phone was presented to Hitler by the Wehrmacht and was used by the Nazi leader to issue most of his commands during the last two years of World War II, according to a description in the catalog for Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland.

The origin of valentine’s  or heart’s day. The history of heart’s day,as so called,dates back before Christianity.It’s important to know that the Valentine’s day we do celebrate today came from the name of a  benevolent priest called ST.VALENTINE who was killed by then Roman emperor known as CLAUDIUS II  around 270 A.D. But it was believed that heart’s day started when Christians decided to place St.valentine’s feast day in the middle of every February in an effort to Christianize the pagan belief and tradition of LUPERCALIA .It was learnt that Lupercalia was a fertility feastival dedicated to FAUNAS,the  Roman God of agriculture and also to Romulus and Remus believed to be Roman founders. To start the feastival,members of the luperci would gather at a sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus where believed to have been caved  by a she-wolf or Lupa to sacrifice a goat for fertility and a dog for purity.They would then strip the goat’s hide in...

Donald sanctions Iran after they launch ballistic missile test. U.S President Donald Trump's administration on Friday placed new sanctions on Iran for its test of ballistic missiles last week, saying Iran defied a United Nations Security Council resolution by carrying out the test. Earlier this week the U.S put Iran on a ''notice" list and has now followed that up more aggressively with the new sanctions - the sanctions will cover Iranian companies and individuals involved in production, resaerch and funding of the missile test, ban of those providing support to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force, and freezing of American bank accounts and assets of people/companies involved in the missile test. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn said the move was "provocative" and Trump has refused to rule out military action if Iran continues it's nuclear program. "Iranian leaders must feel sufficient pressure to cease deeply desta...