Literature. Part hundred thirty four.

                                                   "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a king with his twelve children: eleven sons and one daughter.

Their stepmother was an evil witch. She turned her stepsons into swans and made her stepdaughter Elisa ugly.

The swan brothers flew away, and no one recognized their sister.

After some time, Elisa became beautiful again and found her brothers.

Then sister gathered nettles and made shirts from them. This saved eleven brothers.

At the end of the fairy tale, Elisa got married.

Great people: Democritus.

Democritus (Δημόκριτος) (Dēmókritos) was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. He was born c. 460 BC, in Abdera, Thrace.

Leucippus was a teacher of Democritus. They studied atomism.

Nature was his main interest.

Democritus died in c. 370 BC.

Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred nineteen.

                                                     Agatha Christie.

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“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.”

“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”

“Time is the best killer.”

“If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.”

“One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.”

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Tales from childhood: Yearning.

Hello, dear readers! With you again I'm lady in the red dresses. What was this month like for you?

Sometimes I feel a longing deep inside. I miss the time when I was young and starting to work.

"You're too old already" my boss said.

I felt really hurt then! After all, many clients had once used my sought-after services. Now everything isn't like that! I'm ugly and sick! But my boss doesn't know that I'm sick.

If anyone finds out about my diagnosis, everyone ignores me. There is no cure for it. Right now, I really need support.

Hippolytus of Athens.

Hyppolytus (Ἱππόλυτος) (Hippolutos) was the son of Theseus and an Amazon Antiope (Ἀντιόπη) (Antiópē) in Greek mythology. Phaedra was his stepmother.

He was a hunter. Hippolytus loved the goddess Artemis. Aphrodite was angry with him.

Hippolytus was killed by a sea monster sent by the god Poseidon.

Free radical

Free radical or radical the name of particles in chemistry. Free radicals can be gaseous, liquid, and solid.

These atoms and molecules have a short lifespan.

Free radicals enter into chemical reactions with metals.

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Thin almond cookies.