When did you start smoking tobacco? Detailed answer

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When did you start smoking tobacco?

Tobacco is one of the most important gifts that the New World gave to the Old. Europeans lived for thousands of years without smoking until America was discovered. The Indians of North and South America were the first to grow tobacco. In North America, the Indians used tobacco in many ceremonies: remember, for example, lighting the peace pipe. In fact, the main reason why tobacco spread throughout Europe was because it was originally used for medicinal purposes.

As soon as tobacco appeared in Europe, it began to be grown in many parts of the world. Tobacco was first introduced to France in 1556, Portugal in 1558, Spain in 1559, and England in 1565. Tobacco began to be grown in Cuba in 1558 and in Jamestown, Virginia in 1612.

Curiously enough, not everyone approved of smoking tobacco when it was first introduced into the country. At one time, the Turks actually threatened the death penalty for smoking tobacco, and the Russian Tsar ordered that heavy smokers had their nostrils torn, after which they were flogged and exiled to Siberia! Today, of course, tobacco is smoked in almost every corner of the world.

Today, the United States is the leader in tobacco production. Tobacco grows predominantly in the eastern half of the country. Different types of tobacco are used for different purposes: for example, mixtures of certain types are important for obtaining certain flavors. Cigarettes are made from lemon yellow and medicinal tobacco from Virginia and the Carolinas. They are mixed with others, especially Turkish varieties. And tobacco, which is grown in Kentucky and Tennessee, is used as a pipe and for chewing. Cigars are made from other varieties.

Author: Likum A.

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Does a cow really have four stomachs?

No, a cow does not have four stomachs. But her stomach is divided into 4 sections. Cows, sheep, goats, camels, llamas, deer and antelopes have a habit of swallowing food and then putting it back into their mouths. Then they carefully, with pleasure, chew it. Such animals are called ruminants.

The reason they developed this way of eating is because their ancestors were easy prey for stronger, more powerful animals. Therefore, many millennia ago, in order to protect themselves, ruminants used to swallow food quickly, then hide in secluded places and chew it there in a calm atmosphere, with pleasure. This becomes possible thanks to the stomach of these animals, divided into 4 compartments: scar, mesh, book and abomasum.

When the food that the cow swallows is coarse, it enters the rumen, the largest of all departments. There it softens and goes into the grid. In this section, the food reaches the desired size. Later, it enters the mouth again by burping. This is the opposite process of swallowing. After chewing, the animal swallows again, sending the chewed food to the third section, from where it passes into the fourth, directly into the stomach.

Cows, sheep, goats have no front teeth on the upper jaw. Instead, the gums form a firm cushion.

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