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The mountain range-mimicking chocolate bar Toblerone will no longer be allowed to claim its “Swiss-made” status due to a change of location in production. Previously situated in Bern, parent company Mondelez International will move a portion of its production in Q3 of 2023 to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava. According to CNN, the triangle-shaped breakable delight will officially lose its well-known Matterhorn […]
Megan Thee Stallion has been hitting the fest circuit this summer, particularly in Europe. One of her most recent was Switzerland’s Gurtenfestival, where she performed after Erykah Badu. The legendary artist ended up hopping on stage during the rap superstar’s set, and to Megan’s surprise and delight, Badu twerked in front of the audience while “Kitty Kat” […]
A team-building exercise in Switzerland did not work out as planned when 25 employees suffered burns after walking over a bed of coals that stretched several feet long, New York Post reports. At least 10 ambulances arrived at a private event on the Au peninsula on Lake Zurich Tuesday night to provide medical treatment, with 13 people transported to […]
A Swiss citizen took “painful pleasure” a little too far. According to an article published in Radiology Case Reports, a 20-year-old man was recently hospitalized after experiencing a shortness of breath and crunching pain throughout his body. Doctors at Cantonal Hospital in Winterthur immediately diagnosed the patient with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM)—a rare, benign disease that occurs when air leaks from the lungs […]
It was a sweet sweet fantasy for those living in the town of Olten, Switzerland. On Tuesday, residents were shocked to discover fine particles of cocoa powder falling from the sky after the ventilation system at a nearby chocolate factory malfunctioned, the New York Daily News reports. In other words, it was snowing chocolate! Photos […]
People have been extolling the virtues of playing music to proto-babies and plants for ages. Typically, wombs and planters are soundtracked by the softer sounds of classical music. Researchers in Switzerland found that cheese likes a little music as well. And, true to form, cheese keeps it funky. Swiss researchers found that cheese that was exposed […]
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