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02/11/2022

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31/10/2022

Fact 1
The city was founded in the 7th century B.C. by Phoenicians; they initially namded it 'Oea'.

Fact 2
Sometimes the city is referred to or known as 'Tripoli-of-the-West', to help distinguish it from its older Phoenician sister city, Tripoli, Lebanon.

Fact 3
Tripoli, a Greek name, comes from the Greek name 'Tripolis' meaning 'three cities'.

Fact 4
The Tripoli International Fair, founded by the Italian government in 1927, is said to be the oldest trade fair in Africa.

Fact 5
Average rainfall in Tripoli is less than 16 inches per year, but the city has experienced epic floods back in 1945.

Fact 6
The Tripoli Zoo located in the city is the country's biggest zoo with plants, trees and open green spaces.

Fact 7
The city has their own motor racing event, the Tripoli Grand Prix, but it only lasted from 1925 until 1940.

Fact 8
The Red Castle Museum, located in Tripoli, was designed with help from UNESCO and is Libya's national museum. It covers 5,000 years of history.

Fact 9
Opened in 1928, the second commissioned Catholic church in the city, is the Tripoli Cathedral.

Fact 10
The University of Tripoli was ranked number 8 in 2014 for top universities in Lebanon.

31/10/2022

Fact 1
Quito is home to one of the largest, least-altered and best preserved historic centers in the Americas.

Fact 2
It is the second highest official capital in the world, standing at 9,350 feet above sea level.

Fact 3
Because of the city's Spanish and Incan origins, its formal name is San Fransisco de Quito.

Fact 4
Quito's first metro line began construction in 2012 and is expected to be operational in 2016. It was given a $205 million loan by the World Bank.

Fact 5
Although Quito is close to the equator, its elevation allows it to have a fairly cool climate with afternoon temperature of approximately 65.7 degrees.

Fact 6
'Secuestro express' crimes are on the rise in Quito; this is when a passenger enters a taxi and the taxi is then intercepted by an armed accomplice of the driver. They are robbed, beaten and even r***d.

Fact 7
There are three active volcanoes within 100 kilometers of Quito. They primarily threaten the city with ash fall.

Fact 8
The Hotel Plaza Grande, a five-star luxury hotel, is located inside a restored Spanish colonial mansion, which formerly belonged to one of the earliest colonial inhabitants of Quito.

Fact 9
The Basilica of the National Vow, a Roman Catholic church located in Quito, is the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas.

Fact 10
More commonly a tourist attraction, Quito's rail system is used for transport, running through the Andes Mountains between cliffs, canyons and rivers.

29/10/2022

Fact 1
The name ‘Flamingo’ was derived from a Latin and Spanish word “flamenco” meaning ‘fire”, which the bird was given because of its unusual coloration.

Fact 2
The pink, red or orange color of their feathers is caused by carotenoids pigments in their food. Their diet includes shrimp, plankton, crustaceans and algae.

Fact 3
The eyes of flamingos are larger than their brains. An adult bird weighs about 1.4.4 kg and its length can range from 3.3 feet to 4.6 feet. Their top speed can be as high as 35 mph.

Fact 4
Flamingoes are strong swimmers and powerful fliers even though they are seen mostly wading.

Fact 5
They live in lagoons, swamps and lakes and hold their bills upside down while feeding for several hours a day. This helps to filter out food while skimming the water.

Fact 6
Flamingos are monogamous birds that lay one egg every year. Females feed their offspring “crop milk” which is a dark red high-fat, high-protein liquid secreted from their upper digestive tracts.

Fact 7
The legs of adult flamingos can be 30 to 50 inches long which is longer their entire body.

Fact 8
Flamingos are gregarious birds and do well in large flocks that can be up to million or more. A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance or stand.

Fact 9
Their lifespan is from 20 to 30 years though they can live up to 50 years in captivity.

Fact 10
Flamingos are noisy birds that grunt, grow and honk to vocalize and communicate with their young ones or chicks.

29/10/2022

Fact 1
Fishes are divided into three basic groups: cartilaginous, bony and lobe-finned fishes. There are over 25,000 identified species of fish on the earth.

Fact 2
They have small brains compared to other animals which are relative to their body size.

Fact 3
Cleaner fishes help other fish by removing dead skin and parasites from their scales

Fact 4
They move by creating a wave motion that moves the length of their bodies. This motion produces the thrust that is necessary for them to move through water.

Fact 5
The lateral line system is a specialized sense organ that helps some fishes detect variations in water pressure. They use this like radars to help navigate in dark or muddy water.

Fact 6
They feel pain and suffer stress just like birds and mammals.

Fact 7
Some fishes like sharks do not possess an air bladder to help keep afloat and therefore they have to swim continually or rest on the bottom.

Fact 8
Some species of fishes can fly or glide over the surface and others can climb rocks.

Fact 9
Fishes breathe through their gills and have backbone fins and a two-chambered heart. They can sleep with their eyes open, float without casting a shadow and taste without using their mouths.

Fact 10
Fish do not have 3D vision but make up with acute interrelated sense of smell and taste.

27/10/2022

Fact 1:
Cameroon is the first African country to reach the quarter-final in soccer world cup.

Fact 2:
The official languages in Cameroon is French, English. They also have other native African languages.

Fact 3:
Cameroon celebrated its first independence day from the France and England on October 1, 1960.

Fact 4:
The religions followed in Cameroon are mostly Christianity and Islam.

Fact 5:
More than 30% of the total population lives at less than $1.25 per day.

Fact 6:
Cameroon is famous for producing coffee, cocoa, cotton, bananas and oilseeds.

Fact 7:
Cameroon has the tallest mountain in West Africa, Mount Cameroon.

Fact 8:
Cameroon is one of the wettest lands on the earth with annual rainfall of about 1028 cm.

Fact 9:
The Cameroon flag has a star and three colours; green for vegetation, red for independence and yellow for sunshine.

Fact 10:
Cameroon is a Portuguese word meaning River of Pawn.

22/10/2022

Fact 1:
Alicia Keys was born in Harlem, New York.

Fact 2:
At the age of 16, Alicia wanted the name Wilde to be her stage name.

Fact 3:
Alicia has biracial parents; a father who is Jamaican American descent and a mother who is Irish Italian descent.

Fact 4:
Keys debut album was "Songs at Minor”.

Fact 5:
"Songs in a Minor" album sold over 10 million units around the world.

Fact 6:
Alicia Keys is the Global Ambassador for Keep a Child Alive Organization.

Fact 7:
Alicia Keys sang a cover version of "Don't Give Up" song along with Bono, the U2 lead singer for the World AIDS Day in 2005.

Fact 8:
Alicia Keys a has won 9 Grammy awards.

Fact 9:
Her parents separated during her early childhood.

Fact 10:
Alicia was raised by her mother in Hell’s Kitchen area in Manhattan.

22/10/2022

Fact 1:
Although Albert was a genius, he had bad memory.

Fact 2:
Albert stopped wearing socks because his big toes used to make a hole in them.

Fact 3:
Einstein was offered the Presidency of Israel in 1952 but declined it.

Fact 4:
After his death, his brain was removed for autopsy without the approval of his family.

Fact 5:
At the age of 17, he failed an early admission test for a University.

Fact 6:
At the age of five, his father gave him a compass; it was this compass that made him interested in science.

Fact 7:
When he was a child he had a speaking problem that his parents thought he had a mental-handicap problem.

Fact 8:
He received a physics Nobel prize in 1921.

Fact 9:
Albert was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany.

Fact 10:
Albert died in 1955, at the age of 76.

22/10/2022

great !

ОСЕННИЕ ОТРЫВКИ

Серое небо при тихой погоде,
Ягод краснеющих горький запах.
Осень неслышно всегда приходит —
Рыжая кошка на мягких лапах.

Смотрит прищуренным желтым глазом,
Рыжий хвост задерет повыше,
И пожелтели все листья разом,
И зашуршали, как в страхе мыши.

Кошка играет с ними, гоняет,
Нюхает ветер, пушистит шкуру,
Осень цвета меняет — линяет
Кошка, из рыжей становится бурой.

Только хвостом махнет, убегая,
Кошка-осень. Но с первым снегом,
Крадучись, кошка придет другая —
Голубоглазая с белым мехом.

Автор: Ольга Воздвиженская

22/10/2022

Super !!!

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