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ANALGIN (Analginum). 1-Phenyl-2,3-dimethyl-4-methylaminopyrazolone-5-N-methanesulfonate sodium. Synonyms: Dipyrone, Ronalgin, Algocalmin, Algopyrin, Analgetin, Dipyrone, Metamizol, Metapyrin, Methylmelubrin, Minalgin, Neomelubrin, Noramidopyrinmethansulfonat-natrium, Novaldin, Novalgin, Novamidazophen, Novaminosulfon, Novapyrin, Pantalgan, Pyralgin, Pyretin, Pyridone, Pyrisan, Ronal gin, Sulpyrin, Toralgin, Totalgine, Vetalgin and others. Big Medical Encyclopedia (farmo.ru/) An unusual invention, which he called a bicycle, was made by Viktor Drukhinin, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences from the city of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region. A bicycle walker is something like small wooden skis that are worn on shoes. The author of the bike walk assures that when walking, a person spends 70 percent of the energy on raising his own body, moving the center of gravity, and only 30 percent of the energy spent is spent on moving forward. Drukhinin's bike allows you to release another third of the energy for movement. The speed that a pedestrian develops on a bicycle (skis weigh 1,3 kilograms) is 9 kilometers per hour, while a person almost does not feel tired even with long walking. ID Province. Bicycle boots (province.ru/) The castle complex The Old Castle is located in South Bohemia, in a picturesque area on the lake. Built in the 14th century, it was repeatedly rebuilt and changed its owners. They were noble Czech families. College of the Order of the Jesuits, as well as the famous princely family of Schwarzenberg. In 1999, a comprehensive reconstruction was carried out in the castle and now a non-state medical institution is located on its territory - The Old Castle Rehabilitation Center. The Old Castle (oldcastle.cz/eng/index.htm) By 1998, according to research by the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, 92 percent of the Dutch population supported voluntary euthanasia. And despite the often put forward arguments of a religious nature, a significant majority of believers, including 96 percent of Catholics, were in favor of the possibility of ending a patient's life at will. (grani.ru: 8101/euthanasia/facts/netherlands/) William Sokolin paid $519,750 for a 1787 bottle of aged wine that may have belonged to Thomas Jefferson, and later, while opening it, accidentally dropped and broke the bottle, spilling all of the precious contents onto the floor. Early beer recipes included ingredients such as poppy seeds, mushrooms, flavorings, honey, sugar, bay leaves, butter, and bread crumbs. In Michigan, it is illegal for diners to take an unfinished bottle of wine or alcoholic beverages with them. The Complete Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in the State of Texas because it contains a recipe for making beer that can be made at home. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in a tavern in Philadelphia. The Vikings used the skulls of enemies as glasses. Excursions to the Leaning Tower of Pisa have resumed, which have not been held for 11 years due to the threat of collapse of the inclined structure. The reopening of the tower was made possible thanks to the work carried out to straighten the tower and strengthen its structure. These works cost Italy 30 million dollars, but as a result, they managed to reduce the slope of the tower by almost 4 centimeters, and according to forecasts, it will be able to stand without additional supports for another three centuries. A British student has built a smart toaster that uses a modem to download weather forecasts from the Internet. Having received information about weather conditions the next day, he uses one of the three stencils and burns the corresponding picture on a piece of bread. Giordano Bruno suggested replacing the names of the zodiac constellations with the names of 12 human virtues. Astronaut Neil Armstrong took his famous step to the moon with his left foot. The inhabitants of the Pacific Islands consider the two faint stars at the end of the tail of the constellation Scorpio to be the fishing hook of the god of Polynesia, Maui. Maui once fished New Zealand from the ocean floor using this hook. Lomonosov was the first to discover the existence of an atmosphere on Venus. Pliny depicted the planet Venus as a human figure with two horns. In September 1610, Galileo, observing Venus, saw a sickle instead of a disk. He wrote an anagram: Haec immatura ame jam frustra legintur, o - These things, unfinished and still hidden from others, have been read by me. Convinced of the correctness of his discovery, he deciphered the anagram as follows: Cinthial figuras emulatur mates amorum, that is, the phases of Cynthia (Moon) are imitated by the mother of love. In Iran it is called Ahriman's path, in Poland - the road to Częstochowa, in Russia - the Batyeva, Mamaeva and Basurmanskaya roads, the yoke, the goose and crane roads. The Dutch call it St. Gilda's Street, the Polynesians - the Long Shark, the Celts - the silver street. And we are more accustomed to the name of the Milky Way. At the New York Museum of Fine Arts, one painting hung upside down for 10 days before it was noticed. And the painting belonged to Manet. There are only 11 words of Norman origin in Russian. A computer keyboard can have up to 109 keys, if you take a standard keyboard, then it has 104 keys. The most translated author V.I. Lenin. Plastic windows should remove noise by 7-15 decibels. Japanese scientists have come up with a new phone, which, according to them, does not harm health at all, and the widespread point of view that magnetic radiation leads to brain cancer does not apply to this phone. At first, Independence Day of the Philippines was celebrated on July 4 - exactly on the Independence Day of the United States. Coincidentally, it was on July 4, 1946 that America granted full independence to the Philippines. However, not so long ago, the Philippines canceled this holiday and began to celebrate Independence Day on June 12, which coincides with Russia's Independence Day. It turns out that on June 12, 1898, an independent Philippine Republic was proclaimed. Expert No14, 9.04.2001/XNUMX/XNUMX The database of the modeling agency ART Looks is unique - it contains more than 9 photographs of the Beauty of Russia contestants. artlooks.ru In the royal manifesto of August 7, 1801, it is said: Whoever invents a new useful machine, starts a factory in a new kind or in a better device with greater action or less waste of energy, and, finally, anyone who submits an essay on these subjects, based on solid speculation and experience , may he be assured of a worthy retribution and a reward proportionate to the benefits of his inventions. The experience of history (generesis.boom.ru/ ) Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council for Cooperation in the field of veterinary science of the CIS Alexander Aksenov said that in the near future representatives of the veterinary services of the three neighboring Slavic republics (it is clear which ones) will gather in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. There they will think what to do with the invasion of rabid foxes in the forest, dogs in the city, and rodents everywhere. Like rabies, so immediately to Belovezhskaya Pushcha (province.ru/) Residents of Ireland decided to repeat the celebration of St. Patrick's Day on May 18-20, since foot-and-mouth disease prevented it from being celebrated normally in March. dni.ru/more.php?id=11366 Probably the most unusual equestrian competitions are held in Tahiti. They walk in the water. Riders swim alongside their four-legged friends. The race (swim) takes place at a distance of 1000 (!) meters. This is the national type of equestrian sport. If not everyone, then many know about marsupials. Have you heard of marsupials? It turns out that there are some. In South America, the waterfowl pikapar lives. Under each of her wings is a pocket in which she carries her chicks. The pocket is a skin fold with soft feathers, where the chick feels very comfortable even during the flight. The bird can dive with two chicks under water. And the chick is not suffocating - there is enough air in the pockets. Everyone knows that the roots of trees grow down, penetrating deep into the soil. However, this rule also has exceptions. Twelve species of trees have been discovered in the jungles of Venezuela, the roots of which climb up the trunk. The soil in these places contains so little nutrients that the roots have adapted to absorb calcium, magnesium, potassium and other minerals from rainwater flowing down the trunk. To confirm this assumption, the researchers artificially increased the mineral content of rainwater. The growth of the roots up after that intensified! Plucking leaves at the top of a tree is not a problem for a giraffe, but it is not so easy for him to drink. When a giraffe approaches a body of water, it has to spread its front legs wide and even kneel down to lean towards the water. In such an uncomfortable position, the giraffe stretches its neck as far as possible and then it can finally get drunk. Fortunately, the animal does not drink so much anymore and often they satisfy the need for water mainly due to succulent leaves. The giraffe is the only animal of both sexes that is born with horns on its head. By the way, the growth of a newborn giraffe is 183 cm! An adult male giraffe reaches a height of 5 m 80 cm. Females are slightly lower - 5 m 19 cm. The blood of a person or animal, the so-called protein component, is desperately needed for the continuation of the mosquito species. That is, the female half without it simply cannot lay eggs. Males are a peaceful people, their food is the nectar of flowers. The female sucks blood 3 - 5, sometimes 10 times in her life, but each time she drinks twice her own weight. And in search of a victim, it can fly 15 - 20 km. And when he finds it, he signals to his friends. Beavers are the official symbol of Canada - along with the maple leaf. The favorite food of these rodents is the hard wood of poplar, aspen, birch, willow, maple, etc. Blue whales are not only the largest, but also the loudest animals. A whale can produce a sound equal to 188 decibels. And the heart of a blue whale beats 9 times a minute! Over the past two hunting seasons, Japanese whalers have exterminated more than 600 whales belonging to various species and subspecies listed in the Red Book! All birds blink their lower eyelids, except for the owl, which blinks its upper eyelids. The cheetah is the only cat that cannot hide its claws. The grasshopper has white blood. 1 out of 12 Dalmatians (according to statistics) is born deaf - the depravity of the breed. ...In the most direct sense, the deliverance of Israel from the Egyptian environment forever separated the Jews from other peoples. Thus, for the first time, the irreplaceable, dissimilar purpose of the Jewish people in world civilization was revealed. This is indicated by the very meaning of the word Pesach: to miss, to walk incorrectly or unevenly, to limp. It is understood that the Almighty passed the Jewish homes when he struck the first-born of Egyptian families - the tenth plague, after which the pharaoh and his entourage themselves urgently drove the people of the Almighty out of their country. The liberation of the Jews from the misfortunes from which the Egyptians suffered made it clear in whose name and why all the miracles taking place. Freedom Celebration (sem40.ru/calendar/pesah1.shtml) The word Easter comes from the Hebrew Pesach - passage. In chapter 12 of the book of Exodus of the Old Testament we read: 12. And this very night I will pass through the land of Egypt, and I will strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man to cattle, and I will execute judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 29. At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt. So when I hear about the bright and joyful holiday of Easter, I feel uneasy. It would not be worth confusing Easter and the Bright Resurrection of Christ, especially since almost 1300 years have passed between these two events! Vlad. Sources: 1. Bible, 2. Atheistic Dictionary, M. Politizdat, 1986 On the eve of the deadline for filing tax returns, the US Department of Taxes and Dues (Internal Revenue Service - IRS) published amusing data, apparently deciding that all taxpayers have already fulfilled their civic duty. In 1998, the report said, Americans overpaid taxes by $311 million. This happened, the IRS complains, due to the fact that people are too lazy to get into the tax Talmud and act the old fashioned way, relying on their knowledge of a decade ago or more. There were 510 lazy people, and each of them deceived himself on average by $610. Fools and taxes, Izvestia, 16.04.2001/244202/XNUMX (izvestia.ru/ izvestia/article/ XNUMX) The term font used to mean a narrower concept - a set of characters of a certain typeface, size and style. A typeface is a collection of fonts that share common stylistic features that are different from other fonts. But nowadays the terms typeface and font are often used interchangeably. Font and text. Terms and Definitions. (vedi.ds.ru/obzory/f_text_term.htm) The Greeks became acquainted with Semitic writing as early as the second millennium BC and around the XNUMXth century BC created their own alphabet based on the Phoenician. They introduced vowel symbols that were not in the Phoenician alphabet. The origin of the Greek alphabet from the ancient Semitic is confirmed by the preserved names of many letters. For example, the Greek letter alpha in the Semitic alphabet corresponds to the letter aleph, the letter beta corresponds to bet, delta corresponds to dalet, and so on. Greek writing was at first leftist, as is the case in Semitic writing. Origin and development of alphabets and fonts (vedi.ds.ru/obzory/az.htm) Ireland is washed by the Gulf Stream, therefore, despite the proximity to the north, the climate here is quite warm - in the south of the island, for example, you can find palm trees. The rains are not heavy, but it drizzles often. Cook's office. Ireland - climate (kontorakuka.ru/ index .html) The Russians experienced a heavy defeat in the battle of Narva (November 19, 1700), losing 7 thousand people against 2 thousand killed Swedes. In addition, Charles XII captured all the artillery of the enemy. And yet, admiring the courage of the Russian soldiers, the Swedish king let them go home with weapons and banners. The State Duma of the Russian Federation demanded that the Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy explain on what basis this department allocated $250 for the filming of the Ukrainian film Mazepa. According to Sergei Apatenko, a member of the Unity faction, the Russian taxpayer is not obliged to pay for a film about a historical figure who has always been a symbol of betrayal. In addition, the deputy noted, the Russian film industry already has a meager budget. Izvestia, 19:56 13.04.2001 (izvestia.ru/) Belgium, following Australia and Indonesia, decided to provide its citizens with the opportunity to order postage stamps with their own image or the image of their relatives and friends for an appropriate fee. The Swiss Post Office has similar plans. The salt tax has been around for as long as there have been governments. In China, it was introduced in 2200 BC, and by 900 BC. became the main source of government revenue. In France, a tax on salt (gabel) was introduced in 1341 and was so unpopular that it caused numerous uprisings in the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries. Salt trade was carried out by free trade, through farming and by the treasury. On the foreign market, salt was sold along with furs, leather, honey, wax and other goods. Meanwhile, the Russian government did not encourage the export of salt abroad, due to the fact that there was not enough salt mined in the Russian mines. Often it was imported from England through Arkhangelsk. Under Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, the export of salt was punishable by death. In the XNUMXth century, Russian salt was exported in small quantities to Sweden, Lithuania, and England. Her Majesty Salt (salt.ru/) The trainers, the Durov brothers, quarreled, and began to perform separately. Vladimir Durov began to write Durov Sr. on posters. Then Anatoly began to write simply: DUROV. When, in a commercial for a network of gas stations, mechanics were dressed in snow-white overalls, which, according to the director, should have symbolized their neatness and accuracy, the reaction of the audience was as follows: Apparently, these mechanics are white-handed and loafers. polar.kiev.ua/ tst/ 201-31-p6 .htm The Crusader Cross consists of five gold crosses on a silver background. This cross was adopted as a coat of arms by the Norman conqueror Godfried of Bouillon, who became the Guardian of the Holy Tomb and the first ruler of Jerusalem after its liberation from the Muslims at the end of the First Crusade in 1099. express.irk.ru/1000/symbol/religia/krest/index.htm Before the start of the investigation, the Inquisition suggested that the accused make a list of his personal enemies who, for reasons of revenge, could give false evidence against him. If among the named names was the name of an informer or a witness, then their testimony became invalid. But over time, the right of challenge was furnished with so many slingshots that it was practically impossible for the accused to use it. In French cruche means jug, mug. In a figurative sense, this word means a fool. In the 60s. in the city of Menha, the authorities came up with an original way to awaken citizens' interest in reading. A line of donkeys and camels passed through the city, on whose necks hung signs with the inscriptions: Only we do not read books. Tolstoy in his Golden Key Father Pinocchio called Papa Carlo. In the original, his name is Papa Geppetto, and Tolstoy named this papa by the name of the creator of Pinocchio, or the adventures of a wooden doll - Carlo Lorenzini. In the Golden Key there is Karabas Barabas. In the original, Karabas Barabas is called Manjafuoco, which means Fire Eater. In the Golden Key, the place where the Cat, the Fox and Pinocchio had dinner is called the tavern of the Three Minnows. In the original, this place was called the Red Cancer tavern.
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