Where prostitution is legal
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▫️ Where in the world do the rich work more than the poor, and where do they work less?

The biggest difference in average hours worked by rich and poor is in Belgium: the 10 percent of people in that country with the highest incomes work on average 7.7 hours more per week (!) than the 10 percent of people with the lowest incomes. Overall, in many Western countries the rich work more than the poor: in Germany the difference is 5.4 hours, in New Zealand, Iceland and Great Britain it is more than 2 hours

On the other side of the ranking are mostly Asian countries: in India, the rich work 7.3 hours less(!) per week than the poor; in South Korea, 7.1 hours; in South Africa, 7 hours

There is no difference in working hours between rich and poor in Norway and Hungary, the minimum difference is observed in us (the rich work on average 0.1 hours less than the poor)
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Photo by Paul Nicklen.
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Dry water

Everyone knows that the water is wet. But what if I say that there is dry water? This liquid is very similar to ordinary water, but has opposite characteristics.

For example, it weakly moistens and evaporates very quickly. And it also boils at 49 degrees, so you can immerse your fingers in boiling dry water and not be afraid of getting burned. But it will not be possible to brew warm tea, since dry water rejects other substances, for example, dyes.

The vapors of this substance are so heavy that they can even extinguish candles. Dry water also does not conduct electricity, so a phone that has fallen into such water is not in danger.
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Adoption of the Hague Conventions
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Why doesn't ice sink?

Nowadays, 5 amorphous varieties and 17 crystalline modifications are known for ice — water in solid aggregate state.

However, in the natural conditions of our planet, water crystals only have one modification — the so-called hexagonal syngony.

Due to this structure, the density of ice is less than that of liquid water, so it doesn't sink.
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When the tornado center is on your street
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An unknown young soldier grins and laughs on the last day of WWI.

Coffee seller , Cairo 1933.
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TV channel about the weather uses augmented reality in its stories. It looks very impressive
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Which categories of porn were most viewed in countries around the world in 2021
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Melbourne, Australia
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Curie-effect heat engine

The rotor is a circle of magnetic material. A magnet is fixed next to it. The rotor in one place, locally, is heated to Curie temperature, as a consequence of which the magnetic coupling temporarily disappears and the rotor-stator circuit is out of a stable position.

The rotor shifts, the cold part of the rotor is moved. As the rotor rotates, the heated parts cool down and come to a heating point with a temperature below the Curie point. The whole cycle repeats.
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An unusual optical illusion of standing water

This effect is due to the fact that the movement of water is determined by the static ground below the video. When the ground and water move at the same speed, the water appears to be standing.
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The spread of the Black Death pandemic
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A robot that can ride a motorcycle
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