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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Подсказка из Лего:

🔘Vehicle – транспортное средство
🔘Range – спектр
🔘Aptitude – способность
🔘Spatial – пространственный
🔘Hand-eye – зрительно-моторная
🔘Enriching – обогащающий

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🧱 LEGO is so simple so the complication of it we can barely understand. One thing is out of doubt: it is genius 💎

"Design gives form to the future" – says architect Bjarke Ingels

➡️In this worldwide tour of his team's projects, journey to a waste-to-energy power plant (that doubles as an alpine ski slope) and the LEGO Home of the Brick in Denmark – and catch a glimpse of cutting-edge flood resilience infrastructure in New York City as well as an ambitious plan to create floating, sustainable cities that are adapted to climate change 💫

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January 29, 2024

🧿 Gahambar 🧿

➡️ Gahambar, dedicated to Vohu-Man, is celebrated on January 29 and 30 🗓

⏪First there is a thought, then a word and a deed⏩The moment of the origin of thought should be good, and Vohu-Man is responsible for this❗️Therefore, on this day it is beneficial to think of new things, especially those related to learning and knowledge 📒

⭐️The mystery of the holiday includes divination by dreams, gaining a name, consecrating hats, books, gates, keys, doors 📒

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Подсказка от Воху-Мана:

⏺Dedicated – посвященный
⏺Deed – поступок
⏺Divination – гадание
⏺To consecrate – освящать

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January 30, 2024

❤️ Draw A Dinosaur Day ❤️

🦕 Draw a Dinosaur Day celebrates the mysticism and magic 🌟 that surrounds these magnificent animals that once roamed the world eons ago⬆️

💋These creatures from the Jurassic world have always fascinated humans ⁉️ Their aura has become bigger over the years, and people love to know more about them❤️

⭐️ The best part about the day is that there are no elaborate preparations required to celebrate it 💋Just take a piece of paper and let your imagination run wild 💋

⚠️ Don't forget to give your dinosaur funny names such as ‘prettyrascalarus’ or ‘goofysaurus’❤️

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Подсказка от динозавра:

❤️To surround – окружать
❤️To roam – бродить
❤️Eon – вечность
❤️Jurassic – Юрский
❤️Elaborate – тщательный

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January 31, 2024

🦓 International Zebra Day 🦓

👋 International Zebra Day aims to help raise awareness⬆️about the living conditions of zebras and how their numbers can be protected from further decline 📉

🔥 Small facts about Zebra

⏺Zebra stripes are unique 👋 What fingerprints are to humans, stripes are to zebras💡

⏺Foals grow up quickly 😃 Zebra foals can stand up as early as six minutes after they’ve been born🎂

🥳 Celebrate International Zebra Day in style by dressing up in black and white. ⭐️If you’re feeling adventurous, wear a zebra print outfit ❤️

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Подсказка от зебры:

⏺Awareness – осведомленность
⏺Decline – сокращение
⏺Stripe – полоса
⏺Fingerprint – отпечаток пальца
⏺Foal – жеребенок

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