On August 19, Colombia released a banknote with the image of Gabriel García Márquez. The ceremonial presentation of the banknote was held in the writer’s homeland, in the city of Santa Marta. reports this El Universal . Photo by the Central Bank of the Republic of Colombia On the obverse of a banknote with a face value of 50 thousand Colombian pesos (a little more than one thousand rubles), a portrait of Marquez is depicted.

On August 9, the French company MyScript released app the Nebo , a notebook with the ability to recognize handwriting and perform simple tasks, such as taking notes on lectures or writing down formulas. The application works only on a narrow group of devices with special styluses - Microsoft tablets and iPad Pro. Editor-in-chief TJ tested it and came to the conclusion that Nebo turned out to be interesting, but rather as a working concept. I have very bad handwriting.

In the American city of Louisville, a bicycle was stolen from the campus of Spalding University, because of the first theft of which Muhammad Ali began to practice boxing. reports this Fox News . Photo: Fox News The university appealed to citizens for help, saying that a red bicycle, attached above the entrance to the educational institution as a tribute to memory, had gone missing. The vehicle belonged to world boxing legend Muhammad Ali, and it was because of it that he began his training.

Russia's fifth place at the end of the 14th day of the Olympic Games in Rio, the lack of real explanations for the resignation of the Minister of Education, the dismissal of the head of the Trump campaign, known for working for Yanukovych, as well as the meeting of Medvedev and the new Minister of Education with teachers. In Chile, part of a freight train fell into a river due to a collapsed bridge.

Dmitry Medvedev introduced the new Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva at the All-Russian Pedagogical Council in Moscow and spoke about spending on education in Russia. reports this TASS . Despite the suddenness of Livanov’s resignation and the fact that the new minister was appointed just a day ago, Medvedev introduced her to Russian teachers extremely briefly and without any explanation.

echo.msk.ru News / August 20, 18:08 | Yulia Latynina was attacked near the editorial office of Ekho Moskvy. The Novaya Gazeta journalist was doused with feces. As Latynina said, there were two attackers. They were well prepared. “One of them was wearing a motorcycle helmet so that they could not be identified. The second one was waiting on a motorcycle.” Latynina clarified that they had been tracking her for several weeks and knew exactly where she parked her car.

tass.ru Alexander Lesun won Olympic gold in the modern pentathlon competition. Silver went to Ukrainian Pavel Timoshenko, bronze went to Frenchman Valentin Prad Alexander Lesun won gold in the modern pentathlon at the Olympics with 1,479 points. Pavel Timoshenko from Ukraine took second place (1472), bronze went to Frenchman Valentin Prada (1468). Alexander Lesun.

tass.ru Abdulrashid Sadulayev won Olympic gold in the freestyle wrestling competition in the weight up to 86 kg Abdulrashid Sadulayev won the Olympic gold in the freestyle wrestling competition in the weight up to 86 kg Abdulrashid Sadulaev became the champion in freestyle wrestling in the weight category up to 86 kilograms at the Rio Olympics. In the final he won with a score of 5:0 against Selim Yasar from Turkey.

The Russian women's handball team defeated France in the final match with a score of 22:19 and became the champion of the Games in Rio de Janeiro. reports this Interfax . Russian handball players became champions for the first time under the leadership of coach Evgeny Trefilov. Previously, his team’s highest award was silver at the Beijing Games in 2008, and the last time domestic handball players took gold was under the Soviet Union - in 1980.

in Tomsk opened On August 16 , the first McDonald's restaurant it during the day , becoming the twelfth point of the chain in Siberia. Six thousand people visited , and the restaurant has a total capacity of 110 seats. According to some eyewitnesses, the opening caused such a stir that people had to wait in lines for up to two hours. The BBC even asked a professor of social philosophy from Moscow State University what “McDonaldization” is.

Sergei Shnurov is a master of shocking the public, even when it comes to his personal life and family. On the evening of August 19, he published photographs of his children - 23-year-old Seraphim and 16-year-old Apollo - with beer and cigarettes. Photo by @shnurovs Serafima is Shnurov’s daughter from his first marriage to Maria Ismagilova, she is studying at the Faculty of Philosophy at St. Petersburg State University.

tass.ru Margarita Mamun won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in rhythmic gymnastics in the individual all-around; Russian Yana Kudryavtseva won silver Russian Margarita Mamun won gold in the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics at the Rio Olympics, her compatriot Yana Kudryavtseva received a silver medal. Margarita Mamun another gold to the country brought At the moment, Russia has 15 gold medals: the handball players’ victory over the French team .

Pure is a dating app that our favorite TJ has been helping to become popular for a year (or even more - correct me if wrong). We have already read interviews with evangelist Elena Rydkina , with the organizer of sex parties , with a sexy streamer (who for some reason did not want to talk about sex). In the comments to the materials, I came across opinions that Pure is Uber for whores, that there are only prostitutes or those who want to pay for sex.

zona.media Dozens of riot police blocked the Moscow club "Constructor" Riot soldiers blocked the Moscow night club "Constructor" on the night of August 20 during a concert by DJ Dusty Kid,... On the night of August 20, about 40 riot police interrupted an event in the Moscow nightclub “Constructor”. At that moment there were about 500 people in the club.