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How have clothes improved?

Man has always wanted to look good. An ancient man put on animal skins and hung beads and stones strung on a thread around his neck. Everything that came to hand: bark, leaves, straw, feathers - a man turned into clothes. For ancient man, clothes sometimes had magical properties. Wrapping himself in a certain skin, for example, he wanted to ward off evil spirits. During the ice age, man had to wear animal furs to keep warm.

The skins were first cleaned, then holes were pierced in the skin. Strips of animal skin or sinew were pulled through these holes to tie the pieces of fur together so that the garment would adhere to the human body. Gradually, man learned to manufacture softer and more flexible skin.

About 40-50 thousand years ago, people invented the needle. She became the main tool for sewing clothes. Later, man learned to twist wool and animal hair into long threads. The Egyptians wove light fabric from linen and cotton, which grew in the Nile Valley. Wool was spun for making mantles and tunics by other ancient people.

In colder climatic regions, clothing covered the entire body of a person and protected him from the cold. Because of the cold, the clothes that were made there were narrower. So, trousers, tunics and warm clothes came to us from those areas. As links were established between continents, the clothing styles of different territories began to influence each other. But different social groups wore different types of clothing. The clothes of the lower classes were looser and more comfortable for work. The privileged strata of the population liked to dress in such a way as to show that they were not working people.

Author: Likum A.

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What is a lichen?

In many moist, shaded forests, small plants can be found that cover the ground in a green carpet. Mostly lichens.

Unlike other plants, such as peas or beans, lichens lack roots and flowers. Instead, they have shoots that grow above the ground or penetrate the soil. They extract water and mineral salts from the soil. They also lack a system of water exchange within the plant, like that of large plants. Therefore, they mainly develop only in the presence of moisture. That is why the lichen on the trees is located on the side where there is little sunlight. Some lichens grow on damp rocks. If the rock is dry, then the lichen also dries up, but does not die off. When moisture appears, lichens are restored.

There are several hundred types of lichens. One of the most common is white lichen. It forms clusters of green "pads" in moist areas of the soil. One of the lichen species has a seed box, which is covered with a fluffy cap. Peat lichen of a bright gray-green color is common in swampy areas. It also occupies the shores of lakes, reservoirs, forming a real carpet. Its leaves are equipped with large cylindrical cells that absorb and retain water well. They are used by flower merchants to conserve moisture for other plants.

Peat lichen, due to the fact that it is able to absorb moisture, was used at the initial stage of the First World War in the treatment of wounds. It forms an excellent carpet in an aquarium containing salamanders or frogs. Peat is partially composed of decomposed lichen and other vegetation. After drying, peat is used in many countries as a fuel.

The term "lichen" is often misused. "Irish lichen" is actually a seaweed, "Spanish lichen" is a plant that has flowers that are not lichen.

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