10 Erroneous Facts About Animals

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Myth 7: snakes can hear and respond to music.

At least once in our lives have we all seen spellcasters playing a calm melody on a flute and hypnosis that fascinates snakes, introducing those into a state of blissful calm. We hasten to declare: all this magical action is an ordinary myth. In fact, snakes do not hear the melody they play, and the calming effect on them is exerted by the rhythmic vibrations and movements of the caster during execution.

How Women Live in Saudi Arabia: Bans and Prejudices

Being a woman in Saudi Arabia is not as easy as it may seem to uninformed people. The thing is that inside their country they have more prohibitions than permits, which greatly affects their life in general and their existence in society. The most interesting thing in this situation is that at the legislative level, no prohibitions have been spelled out and to this day exist as a kind of tribute to traditions. But this, of course, does not free the woman from moral repressions and even physical punishment for the slightest misconduct, up to and including loss of life. The one that can and cannot be women in Saudi Arabia will be discussed in this collection.

Empty Ghost Towns in China

In the early 2000s, the Chinese government threw all its efforts into the construction and development of large cities. For this reason, today we see many skyscrapers, large business centers and residential buildings built according to the latest technological inventions. This process does not stop to this day, and therefore if you ride around China today, you can stumble upon real ghost towns. Large, equipped with everything necessary for life, but did not know it ....