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When did men start shaving?

What determined whether men should wear long beards or shave? Throughout history, this has depended either on religious customs or on fashion. We do not know exactly which of the men shaved first. But we do know that the ancient Egyptians shaved their faces for religious reasons. At the same time, ancient Jews were required to wear beards, and there are still many Old Believer Jews who do this for religious reasons.

The ancient Greeks wore beards, and many portraits of ancient Greek philosophers are shown with long flowing beards. Then Alexander the Great introduced the custom of shaving. It is said that he did this so that during the battle his soldiers could not be grabbed by the beard. The ancient Romans did not shave until almost 300 BC. when the first hairdressers appeared.

As far as is known, the first Roman who shaved daily was Sipio Africanus (237-183 BC). And soon shaving becomes a common habit for the Romans. By the way, during the days of mourning, the Romans did not shave. The Greeks, on the other hand, cut their beards. The Roman habit of shaving influenced the Roman Catholic Church, where priests were beardless, clean-shaven.

In the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries, beards reappeared among priests, cardinals, and priests. Later, Roman Catholics, with the exception of monks, began to shave their beards again. In England the custom of shaving was introduced by the Saxons.

Author: Likum A.

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Does a rattlesnake rattle before attacking?

The rattlesnake is one of those who should be feared. And because people are afraid of her, they made up the story that the snake rattles its tail before biting, thus, as if considering it a little less dangerous.

Unfortunately, this is not always the case. When a rattlesnake rattles, it usually indicates that it is frightened. This causes her tail to vibrate rapidly, so that it seems to rattle. But a study of rattlesnake behavior has shown that 95 times out of a hundred, it does not give any warning before the attack!

By the way, the idea that a rattlesnake, and not only it, attacks more readily than it bites, is also not entirely true. In fact, venomous snakes both attack and bite, but some do it more often than others.

The long hollow venomous teeth of snakes such as the rattlesnake are movable and point inward against the palate of the mouth when it is closed. When the snake is about to attack, it opens its mouth, the teeth take a fighting position, and the snake rushes forward. As soon as the teeth dig into the victim, she stings.

When bitten, poison flows out of the poisonous glands, it passes through the cavity of the teeth and enters the wound. In other snakes, such as the cobra, which have short teeth, the bite is not lightning fast, but lasts for some time, and it seems that they are chewing. With this chewing movement, the snake releases poison into the wound.

But there is no doubt that the cobra is much more dangerous than the rattlesnake. She is much more aggressive, more willing to attack. And although the rattlesnake has more poison, the cobra has more deadly. A man bitten by a cobra dies in less than an hour!

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