Making a coat out of my cape, and since I'm more of a bitch than the ground, instead of working on several posts, I put it all at once in a newsletter and holy Easter...
I have to do this better in the future, I know, but for now... Excuse me.
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1) LANGUAGES. It has come to my attention that some people around me are of the opinion that I swear too much. In the 3 languages that I use every day. Overwhelmed and hurt by the injustice of such an assessment, I said to myself: “Gosh! This can’t be, a lady like me… We must put an end to such a disastrous habit!”
So, without further ado, I embarked on an exhaustive 3-minute Google search, looking for alternatives to the hackneyed English “fuck” and “son of a bitch,” and the various Spanish “me cago en la …,” “joder,” etc.
I found a pretty neat little article (and short, and to the point) in English, Not so offensive alternatives to bad words in English (with video), which I am already putting into practice. The results are not as satisfactory in terms of emotional discharge but much more politically correct, where does it end?
Since I was at work, I started looking for alternatives to swear words in Spanish, but I didn't have as much success there. But my search for the perfect taco was not in vain, no! I found a diamond in the rough on this one Map that shows which are the most original insults of each autonomous community of Spain.
From Andalusia I choose “farstusco”, from Aragon with “desustanciao”, from Asturias I am fascinated by “palajustrán”, from my land, Castilla-La Mancha, “apuraorzas”, which I did not know. From Madrid my admired “bocachancla”, from Galicia “sarrapastrán”… in short, a new world of possibilities at your fingertips with a single click.

2) ORIGINS & ETYMOLOGIES. Since we're talking about words... Did you know the origin of Bluetooth? Well, it turns out that you are using a rune every day that dates back to the years 900 AD, and that represents an entire Viking kingdom.

3) ORIGINS & ETYMOLOGIES. Oh, by the way, continuing with etymologies and Vikings… Did you know that the adjective “Viking” does not name a culture as such, but actually means “pirate”, since “It is the main name given to the warriors who carried out looting raids, coming from the Nordic peoples from Scandinavia, famous for being great navigators and for carrying out pillages and attacks in Europe.”?
Their desire for burning, looting and murder is what earned them the name víkingr, “pirate” in the early Scandinavian languages.
And although at first glance they may seem like a bunch of donkeys (they were a bit rude, but of course, in that line of work...), it is true that women had more rights than any other on the continent in those times.
Contrary to what many might suspect, Viking women could own property and divorce their husbands, and often managed their families' finances and farms in their husbands' absence.There are also some records of women dressed as men learning to use swords and fight, the so-called "shield maidens", the most famous of whom was Lagertha, the wife of Ragnar Lothbrok.

4) TEST. And if you have been a big fan of the series, or the mead, or the longship, Here I leave you a very interesting test to find out when you know about the Vikings. It's interesting, really, it's done in no time and provides interesting data.

5) THEM. Now I would like to introduce you to Marguerite de Bressieuxera, a French noblewoman who was raped along with her ladies during the Hundred Years War. The group of women became a battalion of soldiers who pursued their rapists until they found them. You can read a summary of his story in this Facebook post. And don't miss the page from which I got the info, Rejected princesses.

6) HISTORICAL CURIOSITIES. This one caught my attention 6 minute video explaining why Spanish is not spoken in the Philippines, despite having been a Spanish colony for more than 300 years.

7) CURIOSITIES OF NATURE. Bilingual. ????
I'm crazy about ants because it seems to me that they are overly organized, and that if they put their mind to it they would dominate the world in no time. But it is true that I find them fascinating creatures, and since I am very freak of trivialities, those data that are useless, well here I leave you 10 curious facts about ants. And to make it seem like they have more chicha, I leave them bilingual in English and Spanish, hale.

1. Before do not have lungs. – Ants don't have lungs.
2. Ants do not have ears. – Ants don't have ears.
3. Ants are farmers. – Ants are farmers.
4. Ants have two stomachs. – Ants have two stomachs.
5. Ants can swim. – Ants can swim.
6. Ants are slave owners. – Ants have slaves.
7. Ants are as old as dinosaurs.- Ants are as old as dinosaurs.
8. There are more than 12,000 species of ants worldwide. – There are more than 12,000 species of ants worldwide.
9. An ant can lift 20 times its body weight. – An ant can lift up to 20 times its body weight.
10. Some queen ants can live for years and have millions of offspring. – Some queen ants can live for years and have millions of offspring.
11. When ants fight, they usually fight to the death. – When ants fight, they usually fight to the death.
12. When the colony's queen dies, the colony can only survive for a few months. – When the queen of the colony dies, the colony only manages to survive for a few months.
13. Ants can live for two hours without oxygen. – Ants can live up to two hours without oxygen.
14. Ants have no blood! – Ants don't have blood.