World Tofu Day, Esperanto Day, International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems. What else can be celebrated on July 26
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Today, July 26, healthy food lovers can join the celebration of World Tofu Day. In Europe and the United States, tofu began to gain popularity in the second half of the twentieth century, when people became interested in healthy eating.
Today, on July 26, healthy food lovers can join the celebration of World Tofu Day, UNN writes.
Tofu is a cheese-like food product made from soybeans that is used as a substitute for dairy products and meat due to its high protein and other nutrients.
It is believed that tofu was first produced in China in the second century BC. In the sixth century, the Japanese were introduced to tofu, and gradually this product became one of the main staples of Japanese cuisine.
In Europe and the United States, tofu began to gain popularity in the second half of the twentieth century, when people became interested in healthy eating.
Depending on the recipe, there are several types of tofu that differ in their flavor characteristics.
July 26 is also the Day of Esperanto, an artificial language created in the late nineteenth century, which was intended to become a universal language of communication for all inhabitants of our planet, UNN reports.
It was on July 26, 1887, that the author of Esperanto, Ludwig Lazar Zamenhoff, published the first textbook on this language in Warsaw.
For convenience, Zamenhoff decided not to use a large number of grammatical rules. He chose Romance and Germanic languages as the basis for the vocabulary.
At that time, many scholars and representatives of the creative intelligentsia were interested in the idea of popularizing Esperanto.
In 1905, the first World Esperanto Congress was held in France. Three years later, the World Esperanto Association was founded.
After the First World War, the League of Nations wanted to make Esperanto the official language of its activities. But this idea was blocked by the French delegation.
Over the years, Esperanto's popularity declined. The idea of making it the most widely spoken language on Earth was abandoned.
Today, about 2 million people speak Esperanto. It has been added to Google Translate.
Today, you can still join the events dedicated to the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems.
Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants of tropical and subtropical intertidal regions of the world. They can withstand high salinity, tidal flooding, and low oxygen levels.
Mangroves include 110 species of plants. They are supported by extremely tangled roots that help withstand tidal waves and provide a rich habitat for many organisms such as fish and crustaceans.
Mangroves absorb ten times more carbon than ordinary plants. They protect the soil from erosion and prevent harmful substances from entering the water.
Due to excessive deforestation, mangrove forests are disappearing three to four times faster than ordinary forests.
On July 26, many countries around the world are holding various events to mark International Gaucher Disease Awareness Day, a rare hereditary disease caused by genetic mutations and inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
The disease is named after the French doctor Philippe Gaucher, who was the first to describe its symptoms in 1882.
It is manifested, in particular, by enlargement of the spleen and liver, liver dysfunction, skeletal disorders and bone lesions that can be painful, neurological complications, enlarged lymph nodes, and anemia.
Also today, you can join the Holistic Therapy Day, which is dedicated to a methodology that does not consider the disease as an isolated problem and promotes a holistic approach to a person when choosing treatment.
On the last Friday of July, system administrators celebrate their unofficial professional holiday. The event was founded in 1999 by Ted Kekatos, a system administrator from Chicago, and quickly became popular not only in the United States but also in many other countries around the world.
According to the church calendar, today is the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyr Yermolai.
Yermolai was a priest in Nicodemus. Despite the increasing persecution of Christians, he continued to preach and convert people to faith in the Lord.
By order of the Roman Emperor Maximian, Yermolai was captured, tortured for a long time and brutally, and then executed.
Mykola, Serhii, and Fedir celebrate their name days on July 26.