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You must have heard about such a product as ghee. If you don’t know what it is, you might think it’s some kind of vegetable oil or animal fat. However, in fact, ghee is something that looks a lot like clarified butter. But of course, there are some differences.

Whitewashed tree trunks are so common that we don’t even notice them much anymore. However, this is not their natural color, but rather, a white paint that is applied to the trunks.

Movies are believed to be an efficacious tool to build a child’s character strengths, even though this matter hasn’t been sufficiently studied yet. However, parents don’t always know how to use movies in a way to make them beneficial to their children.

A lot of people confuse sci-fi and fantasy because these genres really have a lot in common.

Today, cheese production is a big technological process, and before people only had caves, basements, and their own experience. But both before and today, different types of cheese needed different amounts of time to ripen to get a certain taste.

Perhaps many of you have noticed that the sun beats down on our backs way more when we wear a black T-shirt, and dark objects lying on a table on a sunny day also heat up more than lighter ones. This fact was relayed to all of us during childhood, however, we rarely ponder why this actually happens.

When answering the question “What time is it?” some people may say “half past eight” while others may say “twenty thirty.” Of course, all of them mean the same time, they just say it in a different way.

There are different types of coffee and many ways to brew it. And most of us have our favorite coffee drink: some people love it black without sugar, and others prefer a sweet latte with a lot of milk foam. However, there is a type of coffee that many people have heard about but don’t know exactly what it is, and that’s green coffee.

Many of us use facial creams. Moisturizing, sunscreen, mattifying, night, anti-aging — there are so many of them. While BB cream is a somewhat familiar thing to us, CC and DD creams are not.

It seems that modern life is impossible without electricity. However, people lived without this important invention just 2 centuries ago.

Many of us think of British Shorthair or Scottish Fold cats as chubby gray cats with golden eyes, or tabby kitties with folded ears. But it’s not quite clear which one is which.

Surely many of you have heard of tofu which is also called bean curd. It’s low in calories and high in protein. Tofu has been a part of human history for more than 2,000 years.

Coffee is made from roasted coffee beans. This is one of the most popular drinks in the world, and it can be served in many different ways.

Commercials tell us that gum can do wonders: the teeth look snow-white after it and the breath is super fresh. But is it really true that gum is great for us?

We all have some crystal vases, jars, and glasses — heavy, carved, and nice looking. But if you put them right next to an elegant thin glass, it’s really hard to see the difference.

Cacti can be a fun and easy houseplant to keep, plus they make for great decoration. Having cacti in your home can help you with productivity, improve air quality, and make you happier. It’s important to choose the right type of cactus.5-Minute Crafts has created a guide to help you identify and pick the best of them.

You’ve probably wondered how some very ordinary things appeared, like why we call the first month of the year January and not something else. In most cases, there’s a reason why certain things have special names.

Today, there are more than 7,000 languages in the world. And the reason for so many languages is as old as humanity itself. However, when we consider the diversity of languages and the elements that formed these dialects, some theories do make sense. 5-Minute Crafts dug deep into their roots and presents a few factors that encouraged new languages to form. Read more below.

Many of us chew gum. We all know the mint or fruit gums that freshen up our mouth after chewing them. But few people actually know what gum is made of.

Eagles belong to a group of large birds of prey. They are powerful, with sharp claws and beaks, and most of them have very large wings. These birds have notably characteristic hooked beaks, which they use to tear up food. They can be found all around the world and there are many species of this these majestic animals. 5-Minute Crafts made this guide for you so you can find out more about eagles and learn how to distinguish them. There are more than 60 species of these avian animals, and we will list the most common and the ones with very distinctive features.