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What made the windshield washer work in a Volkswagen Beetle?

In the famous Volkswagen Beetle, the windshield washer was powered not by electricity, but by pressure from the spare tire, which was located under the hood. Therefore, the spare tire had to be kept inflated beyond the norm.

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What is the Zodiac?

In ancient times, when people looked at the sky at night, they noticed that many bright stars were arranged in a certain order and formed groups. These groups are what we call constellations. The name comes from a Latin word meaning "a group of stars". In every ancient civilization, people gave names to these constellations, naming them after gods, heroes, or animals or well-known objects.

Studying the constellations, the ancient man noticed that they were moving across the sky. Certain constellations appeared in the spring, passed through the sky, and then disappeared. They were followed by summer, autumn and winter constellations. In the process of observation, 12 constellations stood out most clearly. The sun and moon rose and set in the part of the sky where these 12 constellations were located. And so that part of the sky, through which the Sun, Moon and planets passed, was called the Zodiac, which means "circle of living beings." This name appeared because most of the constellations bore the names of living beings. The zodiac was divided by the ancients into 12 sectors, each named after one of the 12 constellations.

We know these constellations under the names: Taurus (bull), Aries (ram), Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn (goat), Sagittarius, Scorpio, Libra, Virgo, Leo, Cancer and Gemini. The twelve constellations are called the signs of the Zodiac. Every month a new sign of the Zodiac appears on the eastern horizon, and the Sun and Moon seem to emerge from that sign. In addition to the 12 constellations of the Zodiac, 36 more were well known to people in ancient times, and together were called the "ancient" constellations. Later, 40 other constellations were discovered, and they became known as "new" constellations.

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