Why did Peter I order to sew buttons on the front side of the sleeve of a soldier's uniform? Detailed answer

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Why did Peter I order to sew buttons on the front side of the sleeve of a soldier's uniform?

Among the decrees of Peter I was one in which it was ordered to sew buttons on the front side of the sleeve of a soldier's uniform. At first glance, they are useless there, but at that time the decree had a clear goal: to wean the soldiers, most of whom were recruited from the peasant environment, to wipe their mouths after eating with their sleeves in order to keep expensive cloth longer.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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What are the berries?

By definition, a berry is "a soft, juicy fruit containing several seeds."

Strictly speaking, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries are not berries, but "prefabricated drupes": a fleshy fruit containing a single stone is called a drupe.

Peaches, plums, nectarines and olives are all drupes. The largest drupe in the world is the coconut, which is called "dry drupe" because of its tough flesh.

Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries are considered "combined" drupes, since each individual fruit, in fact, is a bunch of miniature drupes - the characteristic tubercles that make up the fruit of raspberries and blackberries.

Such drupes contain one small bone each - yes, those very things that get stuck between your teeth when you feast on blackberries.

Tomato, orange, lemon, grapefruit, watermelon, kiwi, cucumber, grape, passion fruit, papaya, pepper, and banana are all berries. Blueberries are also a berry. But everyone calls it differently: blueberry, blueberry, blackberry, blueberry, blackberry, etc.

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