Category: General Interest

Pope Francis visited the Portuguese city of Fatima on Saturday. He prayed in front of or with hundreds of thousands of people in the critical Catholic pilgrimage site – among other things, for peace. The head of the church used his trip to the World Youth Day in Lisbon for a short detour to the place north of the capital, where in 1917, the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared several times to three shepherd children. Mary still leads the faithful to Jesus today, the pontiff said. Earlier, he…

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A power nap at lunchtime positively affects the brain – at least, that’s what a new study now suggests! According to researchers, regular short naps could even reduce the risk of dementia. Why the nap should not escalate, however, you learn here. Midday naps are suitable for the brain – according to a study.A new study now makes the siesta palatable to us! Because regular midday naps are supposed to keep the brain more significant for longer. What is meant by this? A short excursion into the anatomy of the…

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Amazon customers should be especially wary of suspicious emails, which fraudsters want to use to spy on payment data. As Golem reports, the online retailer warns against this in letters to its users. One scam is confirming or cancelling a supposed online retailer purchase. However, a corresponding order has never been placed. Anyone who receives such an email should ignore it. If there is talk of an unknown order, going to “My Orders” on Amazon is advisable. If you don’t see anything about the supposed purchase there, you don’t have…

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On the second day of his trip to Portugal, Pope Francis addressed several thousand students at the Catholic University in Lisbon on Thursday morning. In his speech, according to Kathpress, the Pope called for academic education to be understood as a mission for all of society.A university should not serve to perpetuate the “current elitist and unequal system in the world, in which higher education remains a privilege for the few,” Francis explained, continuing, “If knowledge is not perceived as a responsibility, it becomes sterile. If those who have enjoyed…

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Maybe you don’t know it yet, but it’s possible to read a message received via WhatsApp without sending an acknowledgement of receipt to the person you’re talking to. We’ll explain how with three clever methods. Are you also one of those who do not open a message they just received on WhatsApp (which always requires essential updates) just because you do not want to show that you are online? To put your mind at ease, know that you are not alone in this situation. Better yet, some solutions on the…

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Autoclub (ARBÖ) traffic experts expect long traffic jams on transit routes this weekend, following the most vital travel weekend of the summer of 2023. According to experience, this is a second wave of travel from the German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and the end of the vacations for around 2.6 million schoolchildren from North Rhine-Westphalia. A wave of travel and the end of vacation cause traffic jams and heavy trafficExperience shows that the most extended traffic jams will be measured on the transit routes and at the borders on…

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That was it for the bird. Step by step, the little blue peacock disappeared from the Twitter platform. First at the app’s official profile and later in the browser view of the platform. Instead of the bird, which was the logo of the short message service since its founding in 2006, a bold black X is now emblazoned there. This is not only the new logo but also the new name of the platform. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has thus rebranded a globally known brand with a great recognition value.…

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Apple will unveil its latest iPhone generation in the fall. The lineup is expected to consist of 4 devices: the iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Plus, the iPhone 15 Pro, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The rumor mill has been bubbling around all models in recent months. As seen in a report from Bloomberg, some speculations have now been confirmed by the profiled Apple insider Mark Gurman. According to the expert, both new Pro models will have a titanium frame instead of a stainless steel casing. This would make…

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66,000 (!) microplastic particles per kilo were discovered by activists from “Food Watch” in a domestic disposable mill. “Seven out of ten food salts tested were contaminated with plastic. The undesirable additive was also detected in “seasonings” from the sea.“Compared to conventional products, significantly more organic products must be classified as too sweet, because more than every second processed food from the cow contains too much sugar,” on the other hand, warns Manuel Schätzer from the SIPCAN nutrition institute after laboratory tests. source: krone.at/picture: pixabay.com

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