Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world any more. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf
Wild cats, forced to find their own food, had to constantly worry about camouflage. Their prey, small rodents, wields a good sense of smell, thanks to which they can detect the approach of the hunter.
Rolling on the ground, the cat tries to blunt the vigilance of its potential prey by minimizing its own scent and masking it with the smell of plant pollen and mineral particles contained in dust. Although a domesticated cat no longer needs a disguise, instinct makes the animal behave as its ancestors did when they hunted game in ancient Egypt or Africa.
But we cannot rule out the possibility that whenever your pet defiantly rolls down on its back, showing its adorable tummy, it does it solely to attract attention. It is a peculiar request of your pet to give her a few minutes, to caress her, to play with her.
📌 EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned violence against protesters in Tbilisi who have been "peacefully demonstrating" against a controversial bill on foreign agents and called on the country's authorities to ensure the right to peaceful assembly.
"Georgia is an EU candidate country … Use of force to suppress it [rally] is unacceptable," Borrell says on X.
📌 Polish military equipment will be deployed near the Polish-Russian border from May 4-6 in northeastern Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship as part of NATO's Steadfast Defender drills, the Polish Armed Forces General Command says.
📊 Some 58% of US residents believe that China is allegedly using TikTok social media platform to shape public opinion in the US, a Reuters/Ipsos poll reveals.
In 2007, a man in Florida woke up with a severe headache. When he went to the hospital they found a bullet in his head. It turned out that his wife had shot him in the head while he was sleeping.
#weird
A group of scientists believes that the loss of infant memories is related to the active process of new cell formation-neurogenesis. According to Paul Frankland, recent research has proven that neurogenesis can both shape and erase information about the past.
We don't remember the first years of life due to the fact that this is the most active period of neurogenesis. Then neurons begin to reproduce at a slower rate and cannot process some of the childhood memories.
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
The discharge of treated water from Japan’s Fukushima NPP is progressing in accordance with the plan approved by the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority, the International Atomic Energy Agency says.
📍Spain will need almost 25 million new working-age immigrants by 2053 to avoid significant population ageing, which the country is currently facing, the Bank of Spain says in its annual report.