Which musician, after jumping off the stage, was not picked up by the crowd and then robbed? Detailed answer

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Which musician, after jumping off the stage, was not picked up by the crowd and then robbed?

During a performance by rapper Coolio at Staffordshire University in 2009, he decided to dive off stage into the crowd. However, the English students did not want to catch him and parted. The performer did not escape with one bruise on the floor: the audience immediately surrounded him and managed to steal watches, chains, a bandanna and glasses before the club's security intervened and returned the rapper to the stage.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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How did laundries originate?

Wherever a person lives, he always had to solve the problem of washing. The word "laundry" has a curious origin. In the old days, washed things were shifted with lavender. This plant gave clothes a fragrant smell. The French word "lavande" is translated as lavender, and the word "lavandiere" is translated as laundress. So called in the old days in France a woman who washed clothes. This is where the words "laundress" ("laundress") and "laundry" ("laundry") came from in English.

Early civilizations used different ways of washing garments. In an ancient Egyptian tomb, there is a drawing showing two slaves processing wet clothes on an inclined table with a stone suspended from a block. Water flows down the gutter located under the table. The clothes of the Romans were made mainly of wool, and great skill was required in order to maintain their size and shape when washed.

The clothes were taken to public laundries, where they were processed by people who were called "fullers". The feller performed two types of work. He wove new clothes and also cleaned the ones that were brought to him. Felters practiced their craft for many centuries, until a fulling shop was established in England. By this time, wooden rollers were used for washing. Washerwomen used these rollers to hit wet clothes and thus remove dirt from it along with water.

In earlier times, when there were no rollers, clothes were trampled underfoot. For centuries, British laundries have used methods of washing clothes much like those used in ancient Greece and Rome. Clothes were washed without soap, as it was very expensive. Gradually, with the development of technology, washing clothes began to be carried out by machines.

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