26Pasta
The first record of a tomato based pasta sauce is from 1790. Italian cuisine had no tomatoes until after New World contact since tomatoes originate from the Americas.
27. Leonardo da Vinci may have written backward not for secrecy, but because he was left-handed and it was easier for him to do.
28. The Latin word "arena" means "sand" and we get it's modern definition because Romans covered the Colosseum floor with sand to absorb blood.
29. There is a fountain (Caldari di Ortona wine fountain) in Italy that dispenses free wine 24x7.
30. Galileo's middle finger is up for display at a museum in Florence, Italy.
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31Vomitorium
In ancient Rome, the architectural feature called a "vomitorium" was the entranceway through which crowds entered and exited a stadium. The Latin word vomitorium derives from the verb vomitum which means "to spew forth".
32. There's an abandoned town named Reschensee under a lake in Italy. The church tower can still be seen above the surface.
