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An interesting fact: today in Japan they celebrate the beginning of spring. She is not in a hurry to come to us yet, but this is not a reason for sadness. A weekly selection of the best articles will brighten up the expectation of heat.

History of the week

Products are divided into healthy natural and harmful artificial ones, E-additives are poisonous, monosodium glutamate makes everything tastier, and thickeners thicken the blood. Food technologist Olga Kosnikova exposes these and other misconceptions about the "chemistry" in food in her blog and books. We talked with a specialist to find out if obscure additives in the compositions are so terrible and which components should really be avoided.

Article of the Week

Not so long ago, we considered how soon oil reserves would run out, and came to the conclusion that we should not worry about this yet. And what resource shortage threatens us in a few decades? Listed in a slightly disturbing, but very educational

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The best of our social networks

We could tell you what useful posts came out in our community on VKontakte this week, but instead we will show you a capybara meme.

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• Vomiting, headaches, severe burns, loss of consciousness and even blindness. All these serious symptoms can be caused not by some toxic chemicals, but by indoor plants from your windowsill. Compiled list flowers that should not be kept in a home greenhouse.
• Do you like to tickle your nerves and do not scare you with stories about an insidious monster? Then save compilation top thrillers of 2023. And for more relaxed family viewings, we chose the most anticipated cartoons, from Miyazaki's new work to a comedy about Hermitage cats.
• Movies have been recommended, now it's the turn of applications. Collected 12 free programs for Windows 11 that will help you customize the look and feel of your system. Look in the comments, where readers talk about their findings.
• Haven't shared articles about historical myths for a long time. Fixing it! This time checking widespread information about Catherine II and find out whether she really sold Alaska and killed her husband.
• Time to refute the myths about relationships. Through science explainwhy getting married doesn't reduce sex, and fighting isn't always a bad thing.
• It's great to have a supportive partner, but it's even better to find a strong support in yourself. Psychologist and coach Yulia Tertyshnaya tellswhy each of us needs an inner fan and how to grow it.

Don't forget to believe in yourself and good mood! See you very soon.