Life advice

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Researchers say that in everyday life, a person will need to know about a thousand words. An educated person has about ten to twenty thousand words in his vocabulary. Of course, we are talking only about those words that a person uses in his everyday speech

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There is always room for a pair of elegant high heels on the shoe shelf of the modern lady. An invariable attribute of femininity, the stiletto heel seems to be the same age as fashion, but in reality this is far from the case. In the centuries in heels There are a lot of versions about the invention of the heel

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Zirconium is a transparent stone with a varied and extraordinary color scheme, as well as a bright brilliance reminiscent of a diamond. It has a completely natural origin, although some connoisseurs of stones believe that zirconium was created artificially or synthetically

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The technology of drilling square holes was patented back in 1916, however, to this day, amateur carpenters use hacksaws, chisels or even ordinary round drills for these purposes. Meanwhile, to create a square hole in a monolithic wall, for example, a cabinet or a birdhouse, it is enough to attach a small fixture to a household drill

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Kiwi is considered an exotic fruit with a peculiar sweet and sour taste. This plant can be grown both as an ornamental and fruiting plant. For the latter, a stable warm climate is needed, so large-fruited kiwi varieties grow in the subtropics

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If you have acquired a homemade lemon tree, then you need to know how to properly care for it in order to provide optimal conditions for its development. Lemon bloom can occur several times a year, it is by this indicator that you can determine the correct care for the plant

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Soup-puree is a simple and quick dish, suitable for lunch, dinner, sometimes even for breakfast. The only difference is in the ingredients, and there are a lot of variations of mashed soups. Such a soup will help not only to diversify your daily diet, giving free rein to your imagination, but also to get a truly satisfying and healthy dish

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One of the ways to process metal products is by cutting. It is the division of workpieces into separate parts. Metal can be cut not only mechanically. It is also possible to separate parts of the metal from each other by means of thermal cutting, which involves critical heating of the treated area

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The quest for meaning in life usually begins in adolescence and ends when youth leaves. Why look for something that does not exist - the person argues. He just lives, works, raises children, builds a house and plants trees, sometimes not seeing any special meaning behind all this

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The most important factors affecting the efficiency of the outboard motor are the tilt angle of the engine and the position of its anti-cavitation plate relative to the bottom. How to properly secure the motor to the boat? Instructions Step 1 Before installing the outboard motor, it must be delivered to the installation site

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Even the most durable energy-saving lamp burns out sooner or later. If this happens, you can, if you wish, assemble a new one in its body - this time, although low-power, but maintainable. Instructions Step 1 Turn off the light with the switch

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When it comes to army footwear, first of all they think of tarpaulin boots. But "people in uniform" can also wear other boots - barnyard, which differ from tarpaulin in some characteristics. Cowhide boots are made from the skins of barnacles - a young, not yet calved cow (the key is not the fact that there is no calving, but the age of the animal) or even a calf

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The accordion is a hand-held musical instrument that is an improved accordion with a piano-type right keyboard. Playing such an instrument is not easy. And it is just as difficult to fix it in the event of a breakdown. Repairing any musical instrument requires experience, certain skills and craftsmanship

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Radio markets, or, as they are now called, electronic shopping malls, are places where you can purchase a variety of parts and components for electrical appliances, as well as find a specialist who will help you solder a contact or repair an electronic device

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Many residents of large cities use special filters for additional purification of drinking water. The device can be stationary: the filtration system itself is usually located in a cabinet under the sink, and an additional tap is brought out for purified water

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Visiting the forest, you can often see interesting growths on the trunks of trees, somewhat reminiscent of flounder fish. In fact, these are woody mushrooms (xylophotes) that grow beautifully on old rotten trees in moist and damp forests. Simply put, these are all mushrooms that grow on wood

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Transport issues are important for Nizhny Novgorod as for a large city - more than 1 million 200 thousand people live here. The situation is aggravated by the fact that the Oka River divides the city into two parts. People have to travel long distances, and buses play an important role in this

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The mausoleum of Lenin, the leader of the world proletariat, is the main second attraction in Moscow (after the Kremlin). It is located on Red Square, where tourists constantly flock to see the embalmed Ilyich with their own eyes. However, getting into the mausoleum is not so easy - you need to know the visiting hours and the specifics of its work

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The name "validator" comes from the English valid - "valid, legitimate". This is a device that checks the authenticity of various documents, primarily at transport and checkpoints. Validators are electronic and electronic-mechanical

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A thyristor is a semiconductor device that is made on the basis of a single crystal of the same semiconductor, usually with three (possibly more) junctions. Two fairly stable states are recorded behind the thyristors - closed with low conductivity and open with high conductivity

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Italy is the second largest producer of mercury ore in the world. There are also large deposits of marble, granite and tuff in this country. But the rest of the bowels of Italy are rather stingy and this state has to buy raw materials for the development of metallurgy and other industries

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Ever since a person discovered counting, numbers have been accompanying him all his life. In an infinite series of numbers, those that had a special meaning were distinguished, and became the basis of the number system. People gave special names to especially significant numbers

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Sometimes it becomes necessary to wake up a sleeping person very quickly. There are many ways to do this quickly. Not all of them are humane, but many of them are very effective. How easy is it to wake a person up? If the person you need to wake up is sleeping lightly enough, just open the curtains or turn on a bright light

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Bath brooms are of linden, oak, birch. Sometimes larch or juniper branches are added to them. The healing effect is most noticeable when various herbs are used in brooms. The effect of its use depends on what kind of plants are added to the bath broom

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Ordinary home brooms are not often found in the city, but in the countryside they are still more popular than a vacuum cleaner. Brooms are knitted by themselves or bought from craftsmen, who disappear for weeks on harvesting sorghum during the season

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Onions have been known to mankind for about fifty centuries. He is the most important vegetable crop. But cooking isn't the only area of use for onions. Traditional medicines are prepared from it (onions have an anthelmintic and bactericidal effect), are widely used in hair and facial skin care (onion and honey masks reduce wrinkles, onion juice discolors freckles)

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Ice cream companies should have about a dozen different units in their shops. These machines are needed for the preparation of a mixture for frozen treats, and for the formation of briquettes, and for freezing directly. Instructions Step 1 Start your ice cream production by preparing a liquid mixture

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Radio amateurs and other "homemade products" are used to making all the devices for their needs on their own. But some details require a special approach or material that is not available. For example, not everyone can get their hands on resin for potting a high voltage transformer

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The word "superstition" is translated from the Church Slavonic language as "vain, vain faith." Thus, the very name of this phenomenon emphasizes its meaninglessness, but this does not prevent many people from taking omens and other superstitions very seriously

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Adults are sometimes skeptical about miracles. A miracle is something from childhood, distant and magical, inexplicable and non-existent. However, miracles in real life are not so rare. A miracle is an event that a person cannot explain with the help of his knowledge or observations, or such a phenomenon that he has not encountered before, but which surprises him

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When preparing for the Unified State Exam in Russian, teachers try to put a fairly large amount of material into the heads of students. One of the necessary skills for passing the exam is the ability to carry out phonetic analysis of a word

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Computers have become so firmly established in our everyday life that people do not pay attention to seemingly trifles like the arrangement of letters on the keyboard. All over the world, users use the so-called QWERTY layout, which has nothing to do with the alphabet

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Pupils studying drawing at school, engineering students must be able to write correctly in a drawing font. How to achieve this, not all of them know. Follow some simple rules and you will definitely achieve great results. Instructions Step 1 Remember that there are several standards for the height of letters and numbers

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As a child, the multi-colored toothpaste that we squeeze out of the tube is perceived almost like magic. And adults are often tormented by the question: how do manufacturers manage to pack paste of different colors in such a way that the layers do not mix?

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The Barbie doll is one of the most popular toys of the twentieth century, which became the prototype of many other similar dolls with different names. The creation of both the image and the toy itself is a responsible and rather laborious process

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Today, there are dozens of myths associated with the production of the most mundane things. One of the weirdest and most frightening concerns the multicolored stripes on the toothpaste tubes. The Colored Stripes Myth It is not entirely known where the belief came from that by the strips on the tubes you can find out how many percent of the creepy, toxic chemistry is contained in a given sample of toothpaste

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If you notice the first symptoms of the evil eye in yourself or your loved ones, you urgently need to take the necessary measures to eliminate the negative impact. It is quite possible to cope with the evil eye on your own if you use some useful tips

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Parsnips, like other vegetables, are widely used in cooking to add flavor to pickles, canned foods and dishes. The root of this plant is rich in useful and biologically active substances that have a pronounced effect on various organ systems, allowing the use of parsnips for the treatment and prevention of certain types of diseases

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Eggplants belong to the nightshade family and bear the fruits for which they are grown. The plant is quite whimsical, grows wild in very warm and humid regions of Southeast Asia. In Russia, it is grown mainly in the southern territories, as it loves special climatic conditions

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Peas are unpretentious plants. How a plant develops from a seed can be seen at home at any time of the year. The pea germination technology is not particularly complicated. Instructions Step 1 Several seeds ripen in pea (bean) fruits, their number is different each time