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Who are the knights?

During the Middle Ages, knights were the highest class among the military in Europe. The knights who fought on horseback were the aristocrats on the battlefield. Their whole way of life was connected with the war, and they were the great heroes of that time. The high position of the knights was partly due to the fact that in the Middle Ages, kings and governments had very little real power.

Power belonged to the best fighters. A man who had a horse and a firm hand and knew how to use them had great advantages. Residing in their moated castles with high walls, the more powerful knights ruled the surrounding territories, they respected no laws but their own, and often started wars against their neighbors.

The knight did as he pleased, because there was no one strong enough to stop him. Many knights followed some rules in their domains and protected their people from bandits. But many knights were themselves no better than bandits. The war of the knights was like games, and their games were like wars. The activity that most closely resembled combat was the tournament.

Over time, tournaments became like battles in which the knight fought with a blunt pike and a blunt sword. The purpose of the tournament was the same as in the battle - to capture the enemy and take a ransom. The knights had rules of conduct, which were called the "code of chivalry". The knight was supposed to treat his captive like an honored guest, even if they were bitter enemies.

A knight could not attack another without declaring war. The knights observed this code in their circle because it was a matter of mutual advantage. Someday any knight could be captured by another. But knights could be attacked without warning, so not a single knight left his castle without his heavy, uncomfortable armor.

Author: Likum A.

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Why do we sweat?

The body can be considered a constantly working "furnace". The food we consume is the "fuel" that the body "burns". Every day, 2500 calories are used in this process in the body. They are enough to bring 23 liters of water to a boil! What happens to all this heat in the body? If there were no temperature regulators in the body, we would probably feel like steam boilers. But it is known that our body temperature does not rise (unless we are sick), but stays at an average of 37 degrees Celsius.

Sweating is one of the ways to keep our "furnace" at a normal temperature. Our body temperature is regulated by a center in the brain known as the "temperature center". It consists of three parts: control center, heating center and cooling center.

Imagine that the temperature of the blood drops for some reason. Then the heating center is taken to work. At his command, special glands begin to release more chemicals for combustion, muscles and liver - to spend more "fuel", and soon our internal temperature rises. And if the body temperature, on the contrary, rises for some reason? Then the cooling center comes into operation. The process of oxidation, or combustion of fuel, slows down. And then another important thing happens. The pores on the skin expand so that excess heat can escape and sweat evaporates more easily.

As the liquid evaporates, it absorbs heat. For example, we feel cool after taking a bath, as the water that comes into contact with our warm skin quickly evaporates and cools us down. So sweating is part of the body's cooling process.

Sweat is like a shower that irrigates the body from within. The fluid flows out through millions of tiny holes in the skin in the form of tiny droplets. And these tiny droplets can evaporate very quickly and cool the body when needed.

On days of high humidity, we suffer because the water from our skin cannot easily evaporate. So we use fans to disperse the humid air and make it easier for our sweat to evaporate.

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