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Why can cleaning your ears with cotton swabs be harmful?

Earwax is needed to lubricate and clean the ear canals, and it also performs an antimicrobial function. Excess sulfur should be removed only in the outer part of the ear, but it is not necessary to stick cotton swabs inside the canal to clean it, because they cause skin irritation, which can lead to sulfur hypersecretion. Another harmful effect of cotton buds is that they tamp sulfur, and this, along with its increased release, increases the risk of sulfur plugs, which will need to be removed by a doctor.

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In Greek mythology, moira are goddesses of fate. Dressed in white and always inseparable moira are three: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.

Clotho spins the thread of a person's life on a spindle. Lachesis, even before the birth of a person, appoints his lot (measures the thread spun by Clotho) and guides a person through all the vicissitudes of fate, carefully making sure that the thread of life does not break prematurely. Atropos, the youngest and most terrible of the moiras, cuts off the thread spun by Clotho and measured by Lachesis.

Some say that Zeus, who weighs human lives and informs the Moira about his decisions, can change his mind and save at will those whom Atropos has already set out to cut the thread of life, so people are to some extent able to manage their own destiny, avoiding dangers.

The young gods laughed at moira, and Apollo once even made them drunk to save his friend Admet from death. However, others argue that Zeus himself is also subject to Moira.

The wise moira helped people create the alphabet: they invented five vowels and two consonants.

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