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Why “teacher” is insulting, but “idiot” is not: The history of common words, the origin of which many do not even know

We understand perfectly well that the expression “the case smells like kerosene” does not actually mean an unpleasant smell, and “hat” is not always a mouthful, but not everyone knows where such “delights” come from in our language. It is all the more interesting to find out that in Ancient Greece one could take offense at the word "teacher", but quite decent citizens were called "idiots"

"Arab, but not hazel grouse!": 8 little-known facts from the biography of Alexander Pushkin, which are not told at school

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin wrote a huge number of works, which they get to know in childhood. In the biography of this great classic, which is studied in educational institutions, far from all the facts of his biography are revealed. But some of them are quite interesting

San Jose pillow fight: white and fluffy flash mob

Last Sunday, February 13, a popular demonstration took place in the California city of San Jose, during which weapons were used. The ringleaders were coordinated through the Internet media, Twitter and Facebook. Despite the fact that the action has already seriously changed the appearance of some districts of the city, and its consequences will be felt by the townspeople for a long time to come, the government is in no hurry to introduce punitive troops in San Jose. Because guns are powerless against pillows

"You are a good man, but not an eagle": Why Nonna Mordyukova's personal happiness did not work out

She was bright and talented, and on the screen she often embodied the images of strong women. Nonna Mordyukova herself seemed the same as her heroine. She really was a real Cossack, she knew how to show her strength and independence. But in fact, the actress has always remained a woman who definitely needs a strong shoulder next to her. Nonna Mordyukova desperately wanted to be happy, but for some reason all the time she became hostage to her own ideas about male strength and beauty

It's hard to believe, but these realistic paintings were made not in oil or watercolors, but with ordinary ballpoint pens

“All I have is just eight colored ballpoint pens,” says self-taught Portuguese artist Samuel Silva, who creates stunningly realistic paintings that are so hard to distinguish from photographs. According to the author, he never mixes colors, but only applies several layers of ink with strokes so that the illusion of mixing and various colors is obtained, which he actually does not have