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Mint is an amazingly fragrant plant. As a child, I simply adored delicious, Soviet gingerbread, and all because of the natural mint that was added there. In our time, the plant still has a wide practical application, and in this article - a selection of the most interesting facts about different types of mint. We usually use the fragrant species, but in nature there are many other species of this plant.
• Peppermint leaves are very useful and have been used by herbalists since ancient times.
• All plants of the mint genus have a strong fragrant aroma.
• Cats are so fond of some mint herbs that they get great pleasure from saturating the body with mint juice. Therefore, these herbs were called by the Slavs - cat plants.
• The ancient Greeks believed in the nymph Minta, from whose name the word "mint" comes. The king of the underworld fell in love with this mythological girl. But he was already married to Persephone, who cursed her rival and turned her into a strong-smelling grass.
• Previously, spearmint and water mint grew in nature, but breeders crossed them and this is how peppermint appeared.
• Three hundred species of mints grow in nature, some of them are cultivated plants.

"King" of tea trees:
Recently, researchers again made a discovery. In the town of Qianjiazhai on Mount Ailaoshan, at an altitude of 2600 meters above sea level, the “king” of tea trees grows. He is 2700 years old. The height of the tree is 18.5 meters, the crown diameter is 16.35 meters, the girth of the trunk is 2.82 meters. Today it is the oldest and largest wild tea tree known.

In 2001, the king of tea trees from Qianjiazhai received the title of the largest ancient tea tree from the headquarters of the Guinness Book of Records in Shanghai.

Wild Tea Trees:
Ancient wild tea trees have been discovered in ten provinces of China. The best example is the trees of Yunnan province. Their leaves are used to make tea of ​​the Da Shu Cha variety (Tea from large tea trees). Three of them are considered the most typical:

1. A large tea tree from the Nanshan Mountains of Menghai County in Xishuangbanna. It was originally wild, but eight hundred years ago it began to be cultivated.

2. A thousand-year-old tea tree from the village of Banwei in Puer County, Yunnan Province is a transitional form from wild to cultivated.

3. An ancient Bada tea tree that grows in the virgin forests of Daheishan Mountain in the Bada area of ​​Menghai County in Xishuangbanna. He is fifteen hundred years old.

Прага, Чехия.

Reasons for feeling lost
1. Alien scenarios
If a person does not ask questions to himself, does not analyze himself, does not try to understand, learn, accept, then he is lost. When a person does not understand what he wants, what he needs and what he does not, this is precisely what drives him into a lost state. After all, in this case, a person begins to live according to someone else's scenarios, taking someone's desires, thoughts, goals for his own, and they cannot be universal for everyone. Everything is individual.

2. Waiting for happiness from outside
There are people who think like this: I will be happy when ... (there will be more salary, I will buy a car, an apartment, etc.). This is not correct at all. In this case, a person thinks about happiness, which should come from outside, but it will not come by itself. To achieve goals, you need to do something for this. When you set goals, draw up an action plan, start working, then everything will work out. And on the way to your goals, you need to look for your happiness in the little things, then you will not get lost and confused in yourself.

"New Cairo" is a large-scale project to relocate the Egyptian capital, costing $45 billion. Construction of the metropolis began in 2015. It is planned that it will be powered by solar generators and operate on the principle of a "smart city".

Skyscrapers in the form of ancient Egyptian obelisks, an amusement park four times the size of Disneyland, as well as artificial lakes and more than 1,000 mosques will become the hallmarks of the metropolis. The city is being erected 25 km from old Cairo in the territory of the former province of Helwan.

The climate in the region is very dry. Therefore, a desalination plant was built in the metropolis. The city is already connected with the old capital by an extensive network of highways and a monorail line.

The main goal of the project is to relieve Cairo from overpopulation. The metropolis will release 5 million people. However, not every Egyptian can count on moving. The average cost per square meter here already reaches $550. In elite areas - $900.

The metropolis has not yet been given an official name. State structures are gradually moving there. However, it is too early to talk about the completion of the project. Like many other grandiose plans, it suffers from a lack of investment, as well as a dispute between government and business.

Avocado is one of the most popular products on store shelves. You can even find it in economy class supermarkets. Let's talk about the health benefits of this fruit.

How useful is avocado?
Frequent consumption of the fruit helps reduce the risk of many eye diseases (such as cataracts and macular degeneration). Studies have shown that this effect is achieved due to the high content of antioxidants - carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin. To assimilate them, it is better to eat pulp that has not been heat-treated.

In addition, avocados help to reduce the level of "bad" cholesterol up to 20%, which is the cause of many vascular and heart diseases. And the fruit makes other products healthier and increases the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins B by at least 2.5 times.

What is joy and happiness? These are healthy children, healthy parents, this house is a full bowl. All this must be protected and never ask for more!

A photo magically preserves the most precious moments in life: the birth of a person, the first steps, first grade, graduation, wedding - you can’t list everything.

Страсбург, Франция.

The most expensive Italian pizza in the world costs $12,000. It is made by 3 Italian chefs and takes 72 hours to prepare. The most expensive pizza in the world can only be prepared directly at the client's home. The pizza is topped with three types of caviar, lobster from Norway and Cilento (Italy), Mozzarella di Bufala cheese and Australian pink sea salt.