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Why is a mirror considered dangerous?

The mirror doubles reality and, according to Slavic mythology, serves as a boundary between the earthly and other worlds. If in the house where the dead person lies, the mirror is not turned to face the wall, the dead person will become a vampire and will invade the world of the living.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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Everyone knows that flies are carriers of infection. The fly is born and spends most of its life near garbage and other places favorable for the development of bacteria. In fact, this damp, decaying matter is the most optimal breeding ground for flies. Here the female lays white eggs (about 1,2 mm in size), from which thin, worm-like, legless larvae emerge. This is the "feeding" stage of the fly's life. Five or six days later, the skin of the larva thickens and turns brownish and the fly's life enters a resting stage: the larva becomes a chrysalis.

After another 5-6 days, an adult fly appears from the pupa shell. The size of this fly does not change in the future: large flies do not grow out of small ones. Another 10 days later, the fly mates, and a little later the female lays 100 to 150 eggs! Not all types of flies breed like houseflies.

Some hatch eggs in themselves and give birth to live larvae, and some species lay eggs that are already in the pupal stage. Due to the fact that flies carry diseases, a person is constantly fighting them. It is best to kill flies in winter or early spring. During this cold season, the flies hide in dark, warm corners and are very hungry all the time, so they are easy to catch and kill.

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