🤝Mutual help and support, unity of beliefs and actions.
You must agree that this is what you want to experience every day.
And today there is a special occasion for it!
Every year, since 2006, the International Day of Human Solidarity has been celebrated on 20th December by the UN.
🌍Back in 2002, delegates to the UN General Assembly created the World Solidarity Fund. It aims to eradicate poverty and promote human and social development in developing countries.
Solidarity is one of the fundamental and universal values of humanity. It is this day that calls for joint struggle against global problems, solidarity in achieving common plans and goals of sustainable development.
Happy Solidarity Day! Together we can do a lot🫂
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🫖Oolong or Pu'er? Black or green?
In honour of today’s holiday, we don't even have to choose, just drink as much delicious tea as possible!
On the 15th of December the whole world celebrates International Tea Day. By the way, it was on this day that the World Declaration of the Rights of Tea Workers was adopted in 1773.
🌍The international objective of this day is to draw attention to those people who work daily on tea plantations. After all, there are more than 10 million of them in India alone.
There are many interesting and amazing facts about tea, we share them with you:
☕️more than 2 million cups of flavoured tea are drunk every second on the Earth, and about 3 billion cups of tea are drunk every day;
🌱Oolong tea is recognised as the most delicious type of tea;
🍵bagged tea was first introduced in 1908;
💚tea is extremely healthy, it contains a lot of vitamins.
Enjoy your tea drinking today and always!
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🇷🇺12th December is an annual memorable date in Russia — the Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.
On this day in 1993, the current basic law of our country was adopted by nation-wide voting.
Despite the fact that the Constitution Day of the Russian Federation since 2005 is a weekday, the holiday is celebrated quite widely. Solemn sessions are held at the highest state level, meetings are organised in labour collectives and lessons in legal studies are conducted in educational institutions.
We have collected for you some interesting facts about the basic law of our country:
— the Constitution of the Russian Federation had more than a thousand authors;
— copies of the Constitution were sent into space twice: in 1999 the document travelled on the Mir orbital station and in 2005 on board the ISS;
— for 12 years the Constitution Day was a day off. Then it became a working day, but retained its importance.
Happy holiday🤩
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💤"You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed".
A famous quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupery's philosophical story "The Little Prince" which makes people think about important things.
We hope that you too are close to the meaning of the aphorism, so we suggest you find out what day is today!
Every year on the 30th of November World Pets Day is celebrated. It was established in Italy in 1931.
❤️The main goal is to develop in people a sense of responsibility for our lesser friends.
We wonder how this day is celebrated all over the world?
It's quite varied, actually:
— pickets are held in defence of animals against cruelty;
— flash mobs are organised to support the creation of animal shelters or clinics;
— some owners buy their pets tasty treats or toys.
By the way, in Russia the holiday has been widely spread since 2000 at the suggestion of the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Tell us, do you have a pet?
Share photos of your fluffy tails (or not fluffy🦎😁) in the comments!
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🔥Students from all over the world, general gathering!
Today is a day of bright colours, fun, laughter, congratulating each other. It's definitely not something to be missed.
Since 1941, 17th November has been traditionally celebrated as International Students' Day, and we congratulate you!
👩🏻🎓In honour of this we offer to learn what student holidays are in different parts of our planet.
🏴For example, in England students have a charity week. On these days costume parades, races through the streets on cots, various jokes and pranks are welcome.
🇵🇹In Portugal big student festival Keima takes place in May. It starts at midnight with loud student serenades, and ends with a solemn procession of students through the city.
🇷🇺In Russia students celebrate their holiday on Tatiana's Day (25th January). On this day, the most gifted and diligent students are awarded with badges of honour.
We congratulate you, dear students! And let each of your days pass as the brightest holiday, and let your books be full of excellent grades!
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This day should definitely start with a smile😊
Today, 8th November, the International KVN Union celebrates its 62nd birthday. In honour of this, catch a few facts about one of the most famous youth movements:
🔹The prototype of KVN was the programme "An Evening of Funny Questions";
🔹To fully associate the show with television, it was named the same as the first Soviet black-and-white TV "KVN-49";
🔹The first participants of the game in 1961 were teams from the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages and the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute;
🔹KVN was led by Alexander Maslyakov for many years, and an asteroid (5245 Maslyakov) discovered by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory was even named in his honour;
🔹There are more than 7000 teams in the database of the International KVN Union.
The Club of the Merry and Resourceful is a symbol of good mood, it gathers like-minded people from all corners of the world and proves that positive emotions know no boundaries!
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🕊24th October is United Nations Day.
The organisation appeared immediately after the end of the Second World War and was conceived as a platform where different countries could peacefully resolve disputes and prevent new conflicts.
Its predecessor was the League of Nations, the first intergovernmental organisation created for international cooperation and security.
Some interesting facts:
• The organisation originally included 50 countries, including Russia, which stood at the origins. Currently, the UN includes 193 nations of the world.
• The UN's chief administrative officer is the secretary-general, currently Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres, who began his first five year-term on 1st January 2017 and was re-elected on 8th June 2021. Throughout history, the post of UN Secretary General has been held by 9 people. Representatives of Norway, Sweden, Burma, Peru, Egypt, Ghana, South Korea were elected to this position.
• There are six official UN languages: Russian, English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. All documents, resolutions, reports are published in these languages. During the meetings the speech of the speaker is synchronously translated.
• The UN headquarters is located in New York. There are also additional offices in Nairobi, Geneva and Vienna.
🌍The United Nations is one of the significant structures on the world stage, which solves global issues such as poverty, unemployment, observance of human rights, maintenance of economic and social development, preservation of peace and development of friendly relations between countries.
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🌳On 14th October, the Day of Nature Reserve Workers is celebrated.
Each of us should pay attention to this special holiday, because taking care of the environment is a common cause.
Reserve workers are real enthusiasts and not indifferent people. Thanks to their efforts they manage to preserve unique landscapes and diversity of flora and fauna of our planet.
🐻❤️More than a century ago the history of the reserve business began. In 1916 in the Republic of Buryatia the Barguzinsky reserve was created for the preservation of sable. And in 1983 the first national parks became "Losiny Ostrov" (Moscow region) and "Sochi" (Krasnodar region). These are unique ecosystems that have been preserved thanks to the labour of ecologists, scientists and zoologists.
There are 103 nature reserves, 59 wildlife sanctuaries and 50 national parks in Russia.
The Amur tiger, bison, Far Eastern leopard, many species of flora and fauna are national treasures.
The Big Arctic Reserve is considered to be the largest and the most severe in terms of climate. And the smallest — only 21 square kilometres — is the "Belogorye" Reserve in the Belgorod Region.
Each protected area is unique, but at the same time very fragile. And our task is to protect and appreciate it🙏🏻
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Special date: 5th October.
Today is World Teachers' Day👩🏻🏫
This holiday is dedicated to those who shape the future of each person. Real teachers are able to interest the subject, to become a guide, a mentor.
The profession of a teacher is considered to be one of the most important and responsible, on a par with a doctor or, for example, a fireman. A teacher is more than a job. It is a vocation that combines creativity, patience and knowledge.
Now let's think back to our school days. Let's take out double sheets of paper and write down some interesting facts, historical and not only:
🏛️The duties of an educator in Ancient Greece included guarding, primary education and training.
🌍Today, Teacher's Day is celebrated in over 100 countries around the world.
❤️Children in Bangladesh have the greatest love for knowledge. Due to frequent floods, they cannot always walk to school, so they learn in boats — floating classrooms.
🇷🇺2023 is the Year of the Educator and Mentor in Russia.
The annual professional skills competition "Teacher of the Year" is held. This is an opportunity to prove oneself, to share experience. The main award is a crystal Pelican. This bird is a symbol of nobility, love and mercy.
We congratulate our teachers and wish them patience, energy and new achievements in such a difficult but interesting profession🤗
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🌐Discover the world: 27th September is the International Tourism Day.
Travelling offers us endless opportunities to learn about cultures and traditions, broaden our horizons, make new friends and practise our language skills.
How about a selection of the most interesting facts from the world of tourism to further fuel your interest in travelling?
🗻The most extreme tourism — Climbing Everest, to a height of 8848 metres.
🚀The most exotic kind is Space Tourism. It is considered the most expensive and unexplored.
🤓The most linguistically complex country is Papua New Guinea. There are 820 dialects here, and translation guide services are considered the most popular.
☄️The most cosmic territoryin Russia is the "Martian" mountains in Altai. The red-orange landscape resembles a distant planet. At sunset you can take incredible photos!
🌱The northernmost tea can be found in Sochi. Tea plantations have been growing in the Matsesta area since 1947.
🚂The most unique train is the Ruskeala Express. The only steam-powered retro train runs on the Moscow-Sortavala route in the Republic of Karelia. It received a tourism prize for preserving cultural heritage.
Travel, discover new corners of our planet, be filled with the energy of people from different countries and just enjoy the moment here and now❤️
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🙂 On the 19th of September 1982, the sequence "colon, hyphen and parenthesis" was first used on the web. That's how the most famous electronic symbol came into existence - the Smiley :-), which is celebrating its birthday today.
A few entertaining facts about the emoticon:
🔹The first emoticons appeared in the 20th century. In an online forum, an American professor suggested two pictograms: :-) to indicate a joke, and :-( to accompany a not at all funny message.
🔹 There are five times more positive emoticons than sad ones.
🔹In 2017, an entire film "The Emoji Movie" was dedicated to emojis.
🔹 Every year Unicode Consortium accepts submissions for new emoji. Everyone is eligible to submit them.
🔹In February 2012, 3,737 people in India came together to create a smiling face 43.5 metres in diameter.
The birthday of this cute symbol reminds us that no matter what happens, we can always find a reason to smile😊
And it's also a great occasion for fun, positive emotions and some interesting questions about humour and famous personalities. Hurry up and choose the right answer☺️
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👨💻13th September is celebrated by those who create the future, who know everything about virtual reality and can speak a special language.
If you think it is Programmer's Day, you are absolutely right!
It is celebrated on the 256th day of the year.
256 is the maximum integer degree of the number 2 that does not exceed the number of days in a year.
256 is the number of different values that can be expressed using an eight-bit byte.
If you plan to become a programmer and bring goodness and benefit to this world, then choose a language in which you will create a unique programme or application:
👾Python: a simple and easy to understand language, widely used in various fields including web development, data analysis and artificial intelligence.
👾Java: a powerful and platform-independent language widely used to create applications, games and web servers.
👾C++: a high-performance language used for developing system and embedded software as well as games.
👾JavaScript: a language for creating interactive web pages and web applications, runs in the browser.
👾C#: developed by Microsoft, used to create applications for the .NET platform, including Windows applications and games.
👾Ruby: a simple and elegant language, widely used in web development and Ruby on Rails framework.
👾PHP: a programming language for developing web applications and dynamic websites.
👾Swift: developed by Apple to create apps for iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS.
These are just some of the many programming languages available. The choice depends on the specific task at hand.
Let's find a programmer now, shake his hand and say "Thank you!" for developing our favourite apps and making our lives easier and more comfortable🤝
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