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Most people take a shower at least once a day without giving much thought to the order of this hygiene routine. However, it turns out that many of us…

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A new study from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has shown that the Mediterranean diet helps maintain brain health, preventing dementia…

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Risotto with Fresh and Dried Porcini Mushrooms
Ingredients

Dried porcini mushrooms: 20 g
Fresh porcini mushrooms: 300 g
Rice: 300 g
Chicken broth: 2 liters
Dry white wine: 150 ml
Butter: 90 g
Onion: 1, finely chopped
Garlic: 2 cloves, minced
Chopped parsley: 2 tablespoons
Grated cheese: 100 g
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Soak the dried porcini mushrooms in cold water for a couple of hours, then gently squeeze out the excess water and chop them finely.
Finely chop the onion. Cut the f…

Chicken Stir-Fry with Mushrooms and Bell Peppers
Ingredients:

400g of chicken breast (approx. 0.9 lbs)
100g of mushrooms (approx. 3.5 oz)
2 bell peppers
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
A small piece of ginger
6 tablespoons of soy sauce
2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of cornstarch

Preparing the Sauce
Combine the soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and cornstarch in a bowl.
Cooking Instructions
Cut the chicken breast into thin strips, slice the bell peppers into julienne…

In Argentina, the weather is warm, and sheep roam freely outdoors all year round. However, there have been instances where shepherds discovered their flocks dead overnight. These sheep appeared perfectly healthy during the day, yet by morning, every single one had perished. Despite thorough examinations by bewildered shepherds, they found nothing unusual except for a few small cuts on the animals’ bodies. Superstitious herders attributed the deaths to the work of “dark forces.”
In reality, the …

An astonishing discovery awaited an international team of researchers in Tombos—an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt located near the famous Nile River in northern modern-day Sudan. After the Egyptians conquered Nubia (a historical region in the Nile Valley) around 1500 B.C., Tombos became an important colonial center for them.
It was here that archaeologists stumbled upon the skeletons of individuals of low status, who were once buried in an Egyptian pyramid. The scientists found that these…

Of the seven wonders of the world, only one has survived to this day—the Great Pyramid of Giza, the most magnificent structure of antiquity.
When scientists studied this monument of Egyptian architecture, they were astonished: the height of the pyramid, as calculations revealed, is equal to one billionth of the distance to the Sun. If you divide the perimeter of the pyramid’s base by its doubled height, you get 3.14159—a number that European mathematicians only discovered in the 16th century. …

Potatoes in the filling of these vegan stuffed cabbage rolls positively impact the health of bone and cartilage tissue. Meanwhile, the cabbage that wraps around the potato and mushroom filling helps prevent breast cancer and halts macular degeneration, guarding against age-related vision loss.
Ingredients: cabbage leaves – 12; potatoes – 400 g; mushrooms – 300 g; onion – 1; carrot – 1; tomato paste – 200 g; bay leaf – 1; vegetable oil – for frying; dill – a small bunch; salt – to taste.
Peel an…