Strange but true Archives

Huge pillow fight takes place in Milan's Duomo square

13 April, 2020

If you were in Milan’s centre yesterday, any ideas you had about nutter Italians would have been confirmed on encountering a massive pillow fight. Much publicised on Facebook the event took place in the square in front of the Duomo,…

Pillow fight in Rome vs Rome marathon this Sunday

9 April, 2020

Prepare a pillow, preferably small and without a zipper, hide it in your back pack and get to Piazza del Popolo in Rome at 10:50 in Sunday March 22, for a pillow fight. At 10:55 a whistle will sound for…

Mozzarella world record

9 April, 2020

Italy has created the longest mozzarella cheese braid in history, with the town of Sala Consilina making a world record cheese braid 78.8 metres long. This beats the previous record of 42.8 metres in 2007, and required four tonnes of…

Italian men: world champion diaper changer announced in Florence

4 April, 2020

Hand over the baby ladies, as the World Nappy Changer is a man! This could be the best news of recent years for truly desperate housewives, although it must be said that all participants in the World Diaper Changing Championship…

Police find car trunk stuffed with exotic animals: strange but true from Italy

22 March, 2020

Strange but true in Italy when a driver stopped for a routine check of his car, was found to have crammed 1,700 animals into the boot. According to reports, Italian police completing the car check uncovered: 216 parakeets, 300 white…