🤩Penguins are the most adorable creatures. Just watch this video and try not smile all along 🥺

If anyone wants to be both useful to nature and spend some memorable time, here are volunteering programs, where you can interact with penguins 🐧 :

🔗 https://www.volunteerworld.com/en/volunteer-abroad/penguin-conservation

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January 21, 2024

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🌸Mariachi day is celebrated in Mexico and all around the world to salute mariachi music🔥

🎵 Mariachi is a music genre that dates back to the 19th century. It is a genre of regional Mexican folk music with origins in several regions of western Mexico 💡 In Mexico, mariachis are extremely popular at social events such as weddings and birthday parties⚡️

Mariachi bands are diverse ➡️ The players take turns in leading the singing 🎙

It is a popular form of music in movies such as ⏭Desperado⏮ with Antonia Banderas and the 2017 Disney movie⏮Coco⏭

✨ The best way to celebrate Mariachi Day is to play some mariachi music! Get lost in the groove of the music and enjoy yourself ❤️

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Музыкальная подсказка:

▫️Diverse – разнообразный
▫️To take turns – чередоваться
▫️Desperado – отчаянный
▫️Groove – ритм

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January 22, 2024

📒 Lev Landau's Birthday 📒

⚙️ Lev Landau was a well-known Soviet theoretical physicist 📕 He was an exceptionally brilliant student and completed his primary as well as advanced education at a very young age ⭐️

🖇 Lev Landau became interested in the field of theoretical physics during his graduation and later went on to focus on research in this field ➡️ During his career, he contributed much to science🕯

📌 He received prestigious awards such as Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962 and the Max Planck Medal 💺

🏫 Landau was associated with several prominent institutes like the Royal Society of London and National Academy of Sciences in the U.S.A. ✨ In his honour, his co-workers and students built an institute specializing in theoretical physics in Russia❗️

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Подсказка из физики:

🔘Exceptionally – исключительно
🔘Advanced education – высшее образование
🔘Field – область
🔘To contribute – внести вклад
🔘Prominent – знаменитый

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Remember Sheldon from Big Bang Theory? He was theoretical physicist🧬

But what do they do? 🤨

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January 23, 2024

🇵🇭 First Philippine Republic Day 🇵🇭

➡️ About 120 years ago, Emilio Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippines after 300 years of Spanish rule to make the country Asia’s first republic 📍

☀️ The First Philippine Republic allowed Filipino citizens to live freely and exercise their basic rights, liberated from their colonizers📌Through this government, power was shared by three branches – the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary 💡

👋 It also promoted the adoption of native languages, and promoted education 📚

😌 The holiday remains a special day to the Filipino nation as a day to celebrate freedom, courage, and national pride 🥳

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Подсказка с Филиппин:

🔸Branch - ветвь
🔸Executive - исполнительный
🔸Legislative - законодательный
🔸Judiciary - судебный
🔸To promote - способствовать

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January 24, 2024

📹Macintosh Computer Day📹

🔥Macintosh Computer Day celebrates the same day when the very first Macintosh computer 💬 the predecessor of today’s Apple computers, was introduced to the public 📣

◽️Macintosh broke into the consumer market as the alternative option to other computers, ushering in a new age of freedom and creativity 💋and continues to be the preferred system for creatives and techies across the globe 🌎

📚Learn more about Mac. The “Steve Jobs” movie is great and it provides a lot of information about the history of Macintosh that you might find fascinating📁We recommend giving it a look!🤍

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Компьютерная подсказка:

▫️Predecessor – предшественник
▫️Consumer market – потребительский рынок
▫️To usher – открыть
▫️Techie – технарь

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🚨Computers have been invented less than a century ago. Can you believe that? 😵‍💫

What’s the next one? Or are we entering entirely new era of digital?⬆️

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January 25, 2024

🧑‍🎄 Mahayana New Year 🧑‍🎄

🧘‍♂The term Mahayana encompasses Buddhist ideologies and philosophies 💭 Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism and is mostly practiced in Northeast Asia 🗺

🔍The Mahayana New Year dates differ for each country based on their customs and traditions 🥰 While some Mahayana Buddhists observe the celebration on January 1 alongside the Gregorian New Year, others wait for the full moon of January 🌑

💕 The Buddhist New Year is a time for internalizing and self-reflection. Lessons from past mistakes are learned, and the goal is to become a better version of yourself🧝‍♂

✨Good luck is enhanced by cleaning and decorating homes and by buying gifts for others 🍭The celebration is not a dull one, with grand feasts hosted and fireworks at midnight 🎆

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Буддийская подсказка:

🟠To encompass – охватывать
🟠Northeast – северо-восточный
🟠Custom – обычай
🟠To enhance – усилить
🟠Dull – скучный

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January 26, 2024

🇦🇺 Australia Day 🇦🇺

⭐️ The official day of Australia is celebrated annually commemorating the arrival of British ships to establish 📌the first European settlement in Australia in 1788🔥

⭐️ Australia is widely deemed as a great place to live and a top travel destination 📍There is much to learn and appreciate about the oldest, driest and flattest inhabited continent in the world 🌎

⭐️ Falling in the middle of summer, many Australians celebrate Australia Day with a barbeque 🤪 Many people wear green and gold🖤The combination made Australia’s official national colors in 1984.

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Подсказка из Австралии:

▫️Settlement – поселение
▫️To deem – считать
▫️Flat – плоский
▫️Inhabited – заселенный

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Australia is a country of my childhood dreams and I believe that I know a lot about this country 🤓

🦘How well do you know it? Here is 1 minute test for you to take:

🔗 https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/298295/australian-true-false

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January 27, 2024

☕️ Sun Coffee Day ☕️

💚Iceland has such an unusual holiday as Sun Coffee Day ☀️ In winter, many areas of this country are plunged into pitch darkness not so much due to the proximity of the country to the Arctic circle 💂‍♂️but because of the mountainous terrain.

💡 Therefore, in many valleys, the appearance of the first rays of the sun from behind the mountain ☀️ has always been perceived as a prelude to the upcoming spring 💐 as its golden banner.

⚡️Despite Iceland's remoteness from coffee-producing countries ☕️ the hot invigorating drink immediately conquered the hearts of Icelanders 💞

😌 Today there is a reason to raise a cup of coffee☕️or another favorite drink for the residents of Reykjavik who have waited for their sun☀️We will do it with pleasure!

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Солнечная подсказка:

❤️Pitch darkness – кромешная тьма
❤️Proximity – близость
❤️Terrain – местность
❤️Valley – долина
❤️Ray – луч
❤️Remoteness – отдаленность
❤️Invigorating – бодрящий

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January 28, 2024

🎲 Lego Day 🎲

🌈 The colorful plastic bricks known as Lego have entertained children (and adults) around the world for nearly 70 years❤️

📎 Lego is used to make toy buildings, vehicles, creatures, machines, anything imaginable 🌈 — and they can be taken apart and put back together as often as you’d like 🙂

❗️Research suggests that Lego can improve a wide range of mental aptitudes 💬 in young children, such as spatial intelligence and hand-eye coordination 👏

⭐️ Let's celebrate Lego Day dedicated to these incredibly original and enriching toys 🧙‍♂️

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