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Pineberry. Little-known fruit and vegetable hybrids

Little-known fruit and vegetable hybrids

The Pineberry – a strawberry cultivar with a pineapple-like flavor, white coloring, and red seeds. The pineberry first appeared in the 1750s in Europe, as a cross between an American wild strawberry and a Chilean strawberry. Fruit hybrids have nothing to do with genetically modified instances, it is a merit of breeders. Clementines, tangerines, Pineberry, have excellent taste, but in addition, they are also good for health. Hard to believe, but the history of breeding dates back to the Neolithic period, when man had to choose the best seeds for future crops. However, in those days, nobody even suspected that this simple method can change the flora in the healthy direction. Selected seeds each time give more and better crops.
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Poppies. Flower landscape of Lake Geneva (Lake Leman) in Switzerland

Flower landscape of Lake Geneva
Known also as Lake Leman, the French lake in Switzerland and France, is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. The beauty of the coast of the lake is well known and flower landscape attracts many tourists and travelers. By the way, Mary and Percy Shelley, as well as Lord Byron had a vacation in these places and wrote ghost stories, one of which became the basis for the novel Frankenstein. Besides, Vladimir Lenin rented a chalet on the French coast near Geneva. And actor Charlie Chaplin spent his final years and died in Vevey (a memorial statue). Also, Pop singer Phil Collins lives in a house overlooking the lake. Group Queen had recording studios (which are still in use today) in Montreux. In addition, there is a statue of singer Freddie Mercury, who also owned a home in Montreux, on the northern shore of the lake. And finally, Ex-Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher lives with his family near the lake.
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Unique vaudeville actresses chained for life Daisy and Violet Hilton (5 February 1908 – 4 January 1969)

Chained for life Daisy and Violet Hilton

At the beginning of the XX century headlines and Announcement posts in European media were full of advertisements about performances of unique vaudeville actresses – Daisy and Violet Hilton. These beautiful and definitely talented English girls were Siamese twins, or conjoined twins, and spent a lifetime together. Meanwhile, this sad and not vaudevillian story has everything: love, betrayal, and the world of glamour and intrigue.
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Decorative plant – Beautiful Calibrachoa

Beautiful Calibrachoa
The impressive cascade of small bells of different colors in hanging baskets – that’s the beauty of Calibrachoa. People use this basket plant for landscaping balconies, terraces, southern windows and grow as garden plants. The genus of Calibrachoa belongs to the family of Solanaceae. Also, it is a perennial plant. Most plants of this kind are similar to the varieties of petunias. However, they are not petunias, despite the fact that some botanical textbooks call this plant petunia.
Noteworthy, in 1990, scientists proved that Calibrachoa differs from petunia in DNA structure. In particular, Petunias have 14 chromosomes, while Calibrachoa has 18. Undoubtedly, it is a completely different plant, although related to each other. By the way, Calibrachoa got its name after Mexican botanist Antonio de la Cal y Bracho, who lived in a 19th-century.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in The Great Gatsby, 2013

“He, who does not love movies with Leonardo DiCaprio, has not seen movies with DiCaprio!” – Under this slogan I went to the movies “The Great Gatsby“. Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio is perfect in the role of Jay Gatsby! Elegant, intelligent, gentleman with excellent manners. I was extremely pleased with this movie, because everything in it is so beautiful, refined, every detail thought out to the smallest detail that watching on the big screen, only reinforces the positive impressions of this film. The finishing touch in a kaleidoscope of what is happening on the screen – incredible dresses and suits from the legendary Prada and Tiffany & Co. The 2014 Oscar Winner (Best Production Design and Best Costume Design), The Great Gatsby was also awarded as the Best Foreign Drama, in Moscow April 12, 2014.
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Suzy Parker photographed by Regina Relang, Berlin, 1954

American model and actress, 1950s beauty Suzy Parker was born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker (October 28, 1932 – May 3, 2003). Parker is considered to be the first post-war glamor model, earning more than $200 per hour and 100 000 dollars per year. She was the only fashion model to have a Beatles song named after her – “Suzy Parker” (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey). The song appeared abridged, in the ‘Let It Be’ film. The red-haired, green-eyed beauty with beautiful cheekbones, Suzy Parker started modeling at the age of 15, when her photo appeared in Life magazine. Parker modeling career reached its peak in the 1950s, and the pictures with her image adorned more than 70 magazines. The American beauty starred in commercials, movies and television. She supported the activity in the world of show business since 1947 till 1964.
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Adorable Sea Sheep, or Leaf Sheep – Sea Slug Costasiella Kuroshimae

Adorable Sea Sheep
Have a look at this interesting sea dweller – Slug Costasiella Kuroshimae, reminiscent of a cartoon sheep, or even an anime cow, according to opinions of some people. The mysterious sea creature is found in South East Asia at a depth of 10 meters. It feeds on marine plants. The length of tiny creature is 1 cm, but it can grow up to 5mm. Costasiella kuroshimae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. The type locality is Japanese Kuroshima, Taketomi, Okinawa, as well as near Indonesia and the Philippines Islands. The Leaf sheep is one of the rare animals that can perform photosynthesis. When they eat algae, they suck out the chloroplasts and incorporate them into their own bodies in a process called kleptoplasty. This process, which otherwise can only be performed by single-celled organisms, essentially makes them solar-powered slugs.
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