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More and more men pee sitting down instead of standing up. Science knows it’s a good idea

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Society’s habits are constantly changing and this covers various areas, including the most intimate ones. An example of this is the growing habit among men of urinating sitting down instead of standing up. Beyond a simple fad, studies indicate that it can be a good habit for our urinary tract and prostate health. The study. A meta-analysis (a study based on studies) carried out a few years ago found that there were advantages for people with the so-called “low urinary symptoms” (LUTS), sitting could increase urinary flow, reduce the time required to complete the operation and minimize the volume of post-emptying residue of our bladder. In healthy people the difference in the parameters was not significant. Other more recent work analyzed the same parameters to obtain similar results, in which “urodynamics” was better for those who suffered from urinary tract problems such as benign prostatic hyperplasiabut did not find significant differences in the “healthy” group. Don’t forget hygiene. Does that mean that we have to wait until our prostate begins to suffer before changing the habit? Not necessarily. hygiene It is another reason given by defenders of urinary rest. When urinating standing up, the collision between the stream and the water causes (no matter how good our aim is and it is not always) significant splashes. These splashes may not be noticeable due to the small size of the droplets, but they can reach places that we would prefer to keep away from urine, such as toothbrushes. Everything else. And urine is not actually the problem, since it is a relatively aseptic and harmless in sanitary terms. It is the possibility that it “pushes” with it bacteria and viruses related to gastric problems, including the dreaded Escherichia coli. Upward trend. The tendency to sit is increasing and For some it is the effect of the Pandemic. In Japan, for example, successive surveys concluded that the number of men who urinated sitting down rose from 51% in 2015 to 58% at the beginning of 2020 and then shot up to 70% in the second half of that same year. In Europe, this custom is closely associated with Germany, where it is common to find posters in the toilets asking that they be used from the seat. Curious ramifications. But science is not everything, and the issue has become a topic of debate in some places. A few months ago, for example, a German court had to intervene on behalf of a tenant when his tenant requested compensation for damage to the bathroom of the rented home. Nothing less than €3,000 deposit. The dispute had been going on for a long time and the reason was that the owner of the house claimed that, by urinating standing up, the tenant had damaged the marble floor of the bathroom by urinating standing up instead of sitting down. Angry. Of course there are more detractors of this change in habits. In German, the term Sitzpinkleris often used derisively by those who find sitting down to urinate offensive and emasculating. For now the division is not as deep as that of taking off shoes (or not) at home. But the debate promises. In Xataka | We have always thought that “doing more sports” automatically equates to being fitter. It’s more complicated than that In Xataka | Waking up at 3 in the morning is totally normal: sleeping straight through is a modern invention, not an evolution Image | Maximilian Bungart

‘Heat’ has become a cult film for many men. Now they get what they have been waiting for for years.

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Michael Mann has officially announced ‘Heat 2’, the sequel/prequel to the 1995 film that, over the years, has become much more than a police thriller: it is a cultural code, a cult film that defines a certain masculine sensibility very attached to its time. Its arrival just now and with this cast is not exactly a coincidence. A cult process. ‘Heat’ it was notat its premiere, the film loved by everyone that it is today. When it hit theaters in 1995, it received good reviews but also had a modest commercial reception: it grossed $67 million at the domestic box office against a budget of $60 million. It was in international markets (where Michael Mann was better regarded) where the film doubled those figures. From there, ‘Heat’ grew, gaining fame as one of the great American thrillers of recent decades, at a time when, on the verge of the bombing of ‘Matrix‘, the pyrotechnic spectacle was going to become a priority in action cinema. The origin. Everything that surrounds the film has ended up acquiring a special aura. For example, its origin. Mann wrote the original screenplay in 1979, based on Chicago detective Chuck Adamson’s real-life manhunt for professional thief Neil McCauley. The two men met face to face in a parking lot and instead of shooting each other they went to have a coffee. McCauley died in a shootout with police in 1964. Mann it took fifteen years in being able to bring it to the big screen with the budget and cast that he considered appropriate. The Pacino-De Niro clash. The most iconic scene of the film has done a lot to give it a special packaging. The coffee scene between the two actors was the first in history in which both actors shared a shot, since in ‘The Godfather II’ their characters existed in different timelines and never interacted. Mann built the entire narrative of ‘Heat’ as an inevitable path toward that moment, and when it arrives, the encounter is neither a fight nor a chase: it’s two men talking about mundane topics. And it has remained an idealized model of male conversation in which things are not said directly but are understood. That masculinity (contained, professional, stoic) is one of the keys to the cult that ‘Heat’ has earned. As it has been saidwhat Mann explores is not crime but its cost: the loneliness of men who don’t know how to live outside of their work, who come to love too late or with too much baggage. That tension between the professional world and personal life resonates with a certain generation of men, and explains the devoted following he has gained over the years. From that point of view, that films like Christopher Nolan’s trilogy of Batman films, Mann’s own ‘Collateral’ or Ben Affleck’s ‘The Town’ owe so much to ‘Heat’ and generate follow-ups with comparable audiences explains everything. Work for men. Mann described his own film as a “symphonic drama.” That operatic tone (a “nothing” of passion: men who do not tell what they feel, who channel their entire emotional life into work, who arrive late or do not arrive at love) is combined with the definition that Mark Kermode made Man’s cinema: hypermasculinity that tends towards implosion, destroying the social relations around it not out of malice, but out of inability. The theme of the film is male alienation, and it is what has resonated with so many men. McCauley’s code (don’t tie yourself to anything you can’t get away from in thirty seconds) is self-help in reverse, and also a fantasy of radical autonomy that a certain sector of men has been claiming for years. He totem paper of ‘Heat’ makes all the sense in the world: these men in one piece, which Mann describes without judging, had not yet been deactivated by the irony of post-heroes like The Rock or the fragile Marvel characters, full of flaws and nuances. Only with films are experiments like the podcast possible’One Heat Minute’which dissects the film minute by minute. And now, ‘Heat 2’. The sequel carries a gestation process which promises to be comparable to its predecessor. It has taken more than three years to find financing, it has changed studios in the midst of budget negotiations and it has seen how the director reduced the budget from an initial $200 million to $150 million that United Artists (a division of Amazon) has approved. The starting point is a novel that Mann published in 2022 with Meg Gardiner. It works as a prequel and sequel, with a non-linear structure that jumps between 1988, 1995 (immediately after the first film) and the year 2000. Although McCauley has been dead since 1995, the novel goes back to his formative years and moves forward with the survivor played by Val Kilmer. Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale have been confirmed in the cast, and this is also a declaration of intentions: there are few actors as loved and respected by the male audience as them (among other things, for the devotion that manosphere towards films as ridiculously misinterpreted as ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ and ‘American Psycho’). Filming will begin in August of this year and the premiere is scheduled for 2027. Great expectations. Since 2004’s ‘Collateral,’ Mann has had a few punctures at the box office: ‘Blackhat’ cost 70 million dollars and grossed 19.6, and ‘Ferrari’ cost 95 and barely made it to 16. It is an opportunity to make amends and also to meet his audience: the one at the center of a cultural debate on masculinity that has charged the original film with a meaning that it did not have in 1995. All this, if we season it with the inevitable nineties nostalgia, there we have it: one of the possible next box office phenomena. In Xataka | On TikTok there are men shaving their eyelashes to look more masculine. Science has bad news for them

For years we blamed testosterone for men living shorter lives. Now we know that the culprit is a chromosome

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For decades, biology has observed an incontestable demographic fact: women live longer than men. It has often been blamed lifestyleto testosterone or to the greater male propensity for risky activities. However, science has found a much more subtle and genetic culprit that we carry in all our cells and that literally we start to lose as we get older. A genetics class. In a very general way, we must remember that all our genetic information is collected in 46 chromosomes which are found within the nuclei of our cells in pairs. But there is a part of all these chromosomes that define us as men or women: The presence of two X chromosomes defines women and the presence of one X chromosome with one Y defines men. Although there is great genetic complexity behind something as redundant as a pair of chromosomes, what interests us in this case is that science has seen a effect called mLOYwhich is literally the loss of Y chromosome mosaic in men. And different scientific articles suggest that it is not a simple side effect of getting older, but rather it is a “silent killer” that explains much of the longevity gap between the sexes. The runaway chromosome. For a long time, the Y chromosome was considered the “little brother” of the genome. Small, with few genes and almost exclusively responsible for determining the male sex with no other known functions, almost all of which fall on the X chromosome of considerable size. But the truth is that we were wrong, and the Y chromosome has great importance in the adult life of men. The mLOY phenomenon. This occurs when the cells that are in charge of manufacturing the blood elementslike erythrocytes, platelets, or lymphocytes, suffer errors when dividing and lose the Y chromosome. Something that generates a “mosaic” in our body, that is, some white blood cells have the Y chromosome while others do not. But what is disturbing is the frequency with which it occurs, since, according to the data reviewed, this is something that has been detected in 40% of men at age 60 and in 70% of men at age 90. There is damage. Until recently, it was believed that losing this chromosome was benign and normal, a simple “genetic gray hair.” But the evidence accumulated between 2022 and 2025, including massive UK Biobank studies and the recent German studio LURIChas set off alarm bells: losing the Y chromosome is not harmless and has important side effects. The heart. One of these side effects is precisely heart failure, which is a very prevalent disease in the elderly. Here science has been able to see that, by eliminating the Y chromosome in mice, the animals rapidly developed cardiac fibrosis. That is, their hearts were filled with scar tissue, becoming rigid and, therefore, having great difficulty pumping blood. But it is not the only disease that occurs, since in the United Kingdom Biobank, men with mLOY in more than 40% of their white blood cells had a 31% higher risk of dying from cardiovascular causes. And even the LURIC study published last year, carried out on 1,700 men, found that the mLOY effect increased the risk of fatal heart attack by almost 50%. More diseases. Beyond the heart, the impact of losing the Y chromosome also affects our body’s defense system to be able to combat different threats. Among them we have cancer, since the immune system needs the Y chromosome to effectively monitor the tumor cells that arise. Its loss is associated with a worse prognosis in bladder cancer and other solid tumors, since it is as if our body’s security guards had gone partially blind. In addition to cancer, the frequency of mLOY has also been seen to be up to 10 times higher in patients who have Alzheimer’swith studies showing an almost 3 times higher risk of developing the disease. The COVID. During the pandemic we saw that older men died much more than women without fully understanding why. We now know that the loss of the Y chromosome increases 54% risk of fatality for being infected with COVID in the elderly, finally offering a biological explanation for this bias. Is there a solution? It may seem depressing to know that a part of our DNA decides to abandon us and cause us so many problems, but in reality, it is a hopeful finding. And it is hopeful, since, seeing that the loss of the Y chromosome is a direct cause of a disease, therapeutic doors open. In experiments with mice, it has been seen that treatment with an antifibrotic drug was able to reverse the cardiac damage caused by the loss of the chromosome. This means that the mLOY effect can be used as a marker in a blood test, as happens with cholesterol, to predict a patient’s cardiac risk and to be able to give preventive treatments to delay it and improve the patient’s quality of life. Images | nrd Miroslaw Miras In Xataka | The X chromosome has new clues about aging: why women tend to live longer than men

Gen Z men are embracing “old money” dressing

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Lately, the Instagram algorithm registration has changed. Where once infinite-soled sneakers and sweatshirts with logos that screamed from a mile away dominated, now there are movie videos, martinis served in cut-crystal glasses, and twenty-year-old boys who look like they’ve stepped out of a film set in the late 1950s. They’ve left behind the uniform of hypebeast to dress like Paul Newman on a yacht on the Riviera or like a young JFK Jr. on Martha’s Vineyard. It’s not just a wardrobe choice, it’s a symptom. As CNN explainswe are facing an “intentional, defined by moderation” change, where young men align their clothing with the way they want to be perceived today: as men with purpose and control. But behind this facade of neatness, lies a much more complex narrative about fear of the future and a worrying ideological drift that has been found in the Barbour jacket. his definitive banner. The change is palpable in the data. According to Lyst trends reportglobal demand for quarter-zip sweaters (quarter-zips) increased 31% by the end of 2025. Similarly, searches for the iconic loafers Le Loafer of Saint Laurent rose 66%. But if we look further, the data from the technology consultancy Heuritech They are revealing of this conservative turn: searches for boots with an equestrian aesthetic have increased by 39% and gingham prints, typical of the 1950s, have grown by 33%. The language of success is no longer streetwear disruptive; now it is “quiet luxury”. This trend has jumped from the catwalks to lifestyle. According to Business InsiderGeneration Z is “storming” golf courses, a sport that has historically been the playground of the mature elite. Interest has risen 30% since 2016, and in 2023 more than 3.4 million young people played for the first time. It is no longer just about clothes, but about inhabiting the spaces of exclusivity to, As some experts point outnot to be left out of the “business conversations” that occur in the greens. A piece that marks the change On this aesthetic chessboard, the king piece is the Barbour jacket. It was born in 1894 to protect fishermen and sailors, but now it is part of a different identity sign. Margaret Barbour understood in the 80s that the future of the brand involved capitalizing on its connection with the old money, achieving that Queen Elizabeth II and the then Prince Charles made it the symbol of the British rural aristocracy. In Spain, this return has taken a specific form: it has become the aesthetic fever of the right-wing kids. What was once a functional garment for the countryside is today a status symbol in the city that visually separates those who long for a traditional order from those who transitory fashions follow. The Barbour, with its paraffin smell and tartan lining, functions as armor that projects stability and class membership, even if the wearer does not own an acre of land. This turn does not occur in a vacuum. It coincides with what academics like Vivek Chibber define as the sunset of “wokism”. After years in which brands focused on social activism (from Black Lives Matter to Bud Light’s trans campaigns), the pendulum has swung strongly Towards the conservative side. The corporations they are dismantling their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs to avoid boycotts and align with an electorate that rejects “political correctness.” As Nesrine Malik analyzes in your column for Guardianthe fall of woke up is largely due to their “capture by elites.” For Malik, the patrician class hijacked identity politics, turning social justice into an exercise in symbolic gestures and elitist language (such as the use of Latinx or pronouns in bios) that ended up alienating the working class. This “diluted and flaccid version” of social justice, created in the image and likeness of the privileged, has provoked massive rejection. In this scenario, youth are no longer looking for “allies”, but rather authority figures and brands that, like Barbour, represent a tangible and unambiguous moral heritage. Barbour’s collaboration with Chloé is the death certificate of the progressive avant-garde: the aesthetics of privilege are now the only refuge value. A hierarchy of exclusion What we previously knew simply as style preppyfor Generation Z it is now, as defined by GQ“a character you can play.” Inspired by figures like Dickie Greenleaf in The talent of Mr. Ripleyyoung people look for clothes that “reveal that you have, at least, a yacht parked in the port.” However, this interpretation has an ideological “B side”. In his academic research The Fascist Potential of the ‘Old Money’ Trendresearcher Veronica Bezold warns that aesthetics It’s not just innocent nostalgia.. Bezold points out that the content old money On social media, he often portrays “new money”—technological or minority-linked fortunes—as something “vulgar.” By glorifying the “purity” of lineage and inherited wealth, Bezold argues that the trend aestheticizes neoliberalism and connects with radical right narratives of exclusion. A social hierarchy is thus validated where the value of a person depends on their origin and not their effort, feeding a historical amnesia about a past that was only “golden” for a few. The question underlying all of this is: why does a generation that lives in economic inequality dress like the class that ruined its future? The answer is sociological. A report in Curation Edit describe this phenomenon as “survival cosplay”. in a market inaccessible real estate and a bowling economy (gig economy), dressing like an heir is a way of claiming a stability they do not possess. “If you can’t buy a house, at least you can buy cream-colored pants that say you could,” they point out. But there is a deeper power component. As Martina Porta explains in his academic thesis The habitus of politicsthe wardrobe is an institutional communication tool that builds an image of authority. By adopting this style, the young Gen Z seeks to integrate into the habitus of the ruling classes to appear “competent” and “employable” in an increasingly rigid system. It’s a mimicry strategy: if you can’t beat … Read more

Women consistently sleep worse than men. And science has finally discovered why it is

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For years we have been able to have a perception in many homes: the women tend to sleep worse, wake up more and feel more tired than men. This is something that for a long time has been dismissed as a subjective perception, but Science has now wanted to close the debate, pointing out that it is not only a perception, but that there is a gender gap documented. The data. The Global Sleep Survey 2025carried out on a massive sample of more than 30,000 people in 13 countries, has produced a key figure: 38% of women have problems falling asleep more than three times a week, compared to 29% of men. Something that in Spain is not a very different situation, since according to the cross-sectional studies recently published in Naturewomen have much higher scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), indicating worse subjective quality. In this way, while 44.6% of Spanish women report poor sleep quality, in men the figure drops to 30.1%. A paradox. Tests with motion sensors suggest that women sometimes have higher “sleep efficiency” on paper, but it is perceived as greater exhaustion. The person responsible for this is the sleep fragmentationwhich is related to constant waking up or even in mothers due to having to get up to care for a baby, for example. The hormonal factor. It is undoubtedly one of the big differences that exist between men and women, since estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate drastically during the menstrual cycle, pregnancy or menopause. In the specific case of menopause it can be seen as a drop in the level of estrogen, in addition to produce alterations in bone formationalso increases the immediate degradation of rest. The data indicates that 51% of the Menopausal women suffer from sleep disordersshown a big difference: 44% of women in this stage report serious problems compared to 33% of non-menopausal women. If we go to pregnancywe see something similar with physical (from discomfort) and hormonal disruptions that create a pattern of alertness that often doesn’t fully recover until years after childbirth. The mental load. Beyond the hormonal load, the social factor is, perhaps, the most difficult to correct. One of the most important is the role that women have in many cases regarding the care of other people. According to the data compiled by the University of Michigan and diverse reviews on BMJ Openemployed women wake up twice as often as their partners to care for children or dependent relatives, even when they are the main breadwinners of the home. This “caretaker” role keeps the brain in an “alert” situation, making it attentive to whether a baby cries at night or a dependent family member has any need. This causes 76% of caregivers to report poor sleep quality.since the brain cannot unconsciously disconnect to monitor the well-being of the environment. Its consequences. Poor sleep not only means being tired the next day, but also has more serious clinical consequences. One of the most important is the increase in the probability of having a metabolic diseasesuch as diabetes. In addition, it increases accelerated cognitive deterioration and causes an increase in anxiety and depression disorders. And what is interesting in this case is that the female brain in sleep deprivation is more vulnerable to emotional dysregulation. The solution. The scientific community, from the Sleep Research Institute (IIS) to publications in Frontiers in Psychiatryagrees that it is not enough to increase “sleep hygiene” by leaving your cell phone before going to sleep, for example. It mainly aims at social therapy, making changes in the structure of the home that avoid fragmentation of sleep by getting up to take care of someone, for example. But logically, if you are in a perimenopause situation, you should also choose to go to the doctor to receive pharmacological treatment whenever there is significant hormonal deregulation. Images | Slaapwijsheid.nl In Xataka | If you fall asleep in less than five minutes, you don’t have a “superpower”: it’s a warning signal from your brain

How to add the Three Wise Men to any photo of your street using artificial intelligence

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Let’s tell you how to add the Three Wise Men to your photographsso that you can create images full of illusion. The idea is that if you have a photo of your street or a place you usually walk through, you can add these characters to it without altering anything else. We are going to tell you two ways to do this, both with artificial intelligence. First we will go to a website designed exclusively for this, which is the easiest alternative to use. And then we will tell you how to use the most popular artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT either Gemini. Use a third party page If you want to do things as easily as possiblethere are pages like fotoalosreyesmagos.comcreated especially to add the Three Wise Men to your photos, and which allows you to see the photos shared by other users from all over Spain. The website offers consistency in designs, although the results are a little less refined. To use it, go to fotoalosreyesmagos.com and click on Upload your photo. Now you will go to a screen where you have to upload the photo you want to use to insert the Three Wise Men. Click on the box or drag the photo to it if you are on the computer. Remember that they must be photos of a street or landscape so that the AI ​​can insert the characters into it. Now you’ll have to choose how to customize your resulting photo. To do this, you just have to decide if you want to include the camels or only to the Kings. Additionally, you have to choose if you want the photo to be public indicating your location or if you want to keep it private and not publish it in the gallery. Now, after deciding whether or not to accept or not give the website a donation of one euro, the photo will be generated. When the photo is generated you can download or share itin addition to publishing it if you want in the public gallery. Add the Three Wise Men with ChatGPT or Gemini The other option is use ChatGPT or Geminiin both cases you will be able to use the same prompt, although today ChatGPT Images offers better results. But you can try both options and stick with the one that suits you best. What you have to do in both options is upload a photograph of your neighborhood, and add the following prompt: I want you to add the three Wise Men in this photo. They should be walking down the street, and you should make them realistic, make them look like real people. Look at the proportions so that they have a realistic size within the photograph, that they have the size of a real person. Don’t touch anything else in the photo, just add to the characters. That’s it, with this the AI ​​will generate a fairly realistic image of these characters. The advantage of this option is that you can add and specify things at the prompt you use, adding objects, specifying sizes, and similar. In Xataka Basics | How to create a character in ChatGPT and Gemini to use it in all the images you make with artificial intelligence

five accessories with which to hit the nail on the head during the Three Wise Men

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The nintendo switch 2 It arrived in stores with a wide catalog of accessories available from the first minute. Some are official and many others from other brands. Therefore, in this article we are going to review what they are five of the best and most useful accessories that we can find for the console, and that are used as a gift or as a self-gift for Three Kings Day. Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controllera controller that has a function that others do not have. Tomtoc Shoulder Bagan ideal accessory to carry the console, and controllers, games or chargers, anywhere. Joy-Con 2 Supportan accessory to take advantage of the Joy-Con and be able to charge them while we play. MicroSD Expressideal for not constantly deleting games. Chargera charger like the one that comes with the console, but which can be ideal if we want to keep it in our suitcase or backpack to take it on a trip. Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller The official console controller has a very useful function: the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller Allows you to turn on the console when it is in rest mode in the dock. It seems silly, but it’s quite practical. Furthermore, it is a fairly complete command, with back buttons and impeccable construction. Yes, it is expensive, but also one of the best purchase options for the console. Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Tomtoc Shoulder Bag If you want to take advantage of the portability of the Nintendo Switch 2, one of the most important accessories is a carrying case or backpack. The Tomtoc shoulder bag It is ideal because it comes with plenty of pockets, allows you to store video game cartridges, and is quite compact. Besides, a lot of things fit: mobile phones, eReaders, chargers, controllers, the console, video games and more. Tomtoc Shoulder Bag – Nintendo Switch 2 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Joy-Con 2 Support If you don’t want to buy a controller for the Nintendo Switch 2 and are looking to make the most of the Joy-Con 2, the official Nintendo adapter It is very useful. It is not the one that comes with the console, it includes some additional features, such as back buttons (like the Switch 2 Pro Controller) or the possibility of being able charge the Joy-Con 2 battery. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links MicroSD Express Although the storage of the Nintendo Switch 2 has grown compared to the previous generation, as soon as we want to install a few games we can stay a little short of space. For this, nothing like the SanDisk microSD Express 256GBwhich allows you to add another batch of digital video games, update files or save data. Sandisk MicroSD Express (256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Charger It is not that having a second charger is something very important, but if we usually travel it can be practical for prevent us from having to constantly disconnect the charger from the electrical outlet or power strip where we have the console, thus allowing the second charger to always be stored in the suitcase or backpack. Luckily, the official charger It is found in several stores and is usually not very expensive. Nintendo Switch 2 AC Adapter The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | Alejandro AlcoleaNintendo, Tomtoc, SanDisk In Xataka | The second pack of the Nintendo Switch 2 arrives with the new Pokémon: you can now reserve it in these stores In Xataka | The best accessories for your Switch: cases, carrying bags, batteries, and more

five essential LEGO sets to give as gifts on Three Wise Men

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One of the most magical nights of the year is approaching. If you want to surprise a geek of some of the most famous sagas and franchises of all time (such as Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel and more), you can do so by giving them a LEGO set. These are some of the best options that you can consider. LEGO 76450 Harry Potter Book Corner: Hogwarts Express As a die-hard Harry Potter fan that I am, this LEGO Harry Potter Book Corner: Hogwarts Express set It is one of the ones that has caught my attention the most in a while. Above all, I like it because it looks great on a shelf, since it works as a bookend. This set from the legendary building brick firm recreates the scene in which Harry Potter and the Weasly family cross platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross train station. It is a set of 832 pieces and it comes with minifigures harry potterRon and his two pets: Hedwig the owl and Scabbers the rat. LEGO Harry Potter Book Corner: Hogwarts Express The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LEGO 72037 Mario Kart If there is a well-known game on the console nintendo switchthat is, without a doubt, ‘Mario Kart‘. Now, thanks to this set LEGO 72037 Mario Kart You will be able to have the famous plumber in his car at home, like in the legendary video game. To have this set assembled at home you will need some space, since it is a large set (measures 22 x 32 x 19 cm) and is made up of 1,972 pieces. The figure of Mario has joints in arms and it is a perfect LEGO set to display in a gaming room. LEGO Mario Kart: Mario and Standard Kart The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LEGO 76313 Marvel Logo If you are planning to give something to a marve fanl in Three Wise Men, this is the LEGO set that you will surely love. It is about the LEGO set 76313 Marvel: Logowhich is perfect for displaying on any shelf. Recommended for ages 12 and up, this LEGO set (931 pieces) comes with mini figures of some protagonists of the saga Marvel. Among them, you can find Iron Man, The Avengers, Hulk, Thor, Black Life and Captain America. LEGO Marvel: MARVEL Logo and Minifigures The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LEGO 75375 Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Star Wars is one of the most successful film franchises in the history of cinema. If you want to give something to a fan of hers, this LEGO set 75375 Star Wars: Millennium Falcon It is perfect to surprise. This LEGO set of Star Wars includes a total of 921 pieces and it comes full of details. Unlike other constructions from the firm, this one has a compact size, with a height of 13 cm, 24 cm in length and 19 cm in width. It also includes an identification plate, support and a commemorative token for the 25th anniversary of the collaboration between LEGO and Star Wars. LEGO Star Wars 75375 Millennium Falcon The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LEGO One Piece Set 75639 – Going Merry Pirate Ship He LEGO set 75639 One Piece-Going Merry Boat It is a set from the famous building block brand with which you can build the iconic Straw Hats ship. It is composed of 1,376 pieces and recommended for ages 10 and up. Its dimensions are 34 cm high, 39 cm long and 20 cm wide. It presents an incredible level of detail and comes with five minifigures (Zoro, Naomi, Usopp, Luffy and Sanji). Additionally, it includes four “Wanted” posters, although these are random. LEGO 75639 One Piece Going Merry Pirate Ship Toy The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | LEGO In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in LEGO: 15 construction kits ideal to assemble yourself or give as a gift In Xataka | LEGO constructions on another level: the Technic Series has the models that any collector would dream of

five great gift ideas for the Three Wise Men

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If you still don’t have the gifts of the Three Wise Men and you are looking for inspiration to hit the nail on the head, El Corte Inglés has a section called Geek Universe with ideas to give and take. Therefore, in this article we are going to review some board games, audio devices and also kitchen devices. The K-Pop Warriors ‘The K-Pop Warriors‘have enjoyed (and continue to do so) enormous popularity on the Netflix platform, managing to reach millions of views and breaking records. It is not surprising that the platform launched a karaoke for the little ones, or not so little ones, in the house, although if we prefer to have the physical soundtrack we can opt for vinyl of ‘Las Guerreras K-Pop’ which is available at El Corte Inglés. If you prefer, it is also CD available. The K-Pop Warriors – Vinyl The price could vary. We earn commission from these links DeLorean replica For the most nostalgic there is also a large assortment of products related to movies, being the DeLorean replica one of the coolest. This is the car of ‘back to the future‘ in 1/24 scale which has a good level of detail. It is manufactured by the Welly brand and has dimensions of 17 cm wide, 7 cm high and 6 cm long. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links One Piece Monopoly ‘One Piece‘ has amassed a good audience during the long years in which both the manga and the anime have been (and are) on the air. The Mugiwara (Straw Hats) have made the leap into the field of board games with an adaptation of the Monopoly in One Piece edition. Includes figures of almost the entire crew and both the cards, the board and the coins are personalized. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Iron Man speaker If you liked the first phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (UCM), and especially those related to the character played by Robert Downey Jr., El Corte Inglés has a curious Iron Man Bluetooth speaker which has a pretty cool design. Incorporates Bluetooth, NFC and 3.5 mm Jack connectivityits battery offers a range of approximately 4 or 5 hours and has a hands-free function. Iron Man Bluetooth Speaker The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Pokémon waffle maker If you are passionate about waffles and want to make them with very different designs, El Corte Inglés has a practical waffle maker or waffle machine to prepare them Pokémon style. In this case, the waffle maker has a design of the iconic Pokéball from the series and the video games, but it is also allows you to prepare waffles with the same Pokéball design. In addition, it has non-stick treatment and its dimensions are 10 x 20 x 25 centimeters. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | El Corte Inglés and Compradicción (header), Sony and Netflix, Welly, Monopoly, Ekids, Uncanny Brands In Xataka | Five board and card games to spend a family Christmas with games for between 2 and 18 players In Xataka | Best Bluetooth speakers in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and six recommended models

The founder of Ikea was one of the richest men on the planet, but his most famous trick is available to everyone

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You may like it more or less Ikeabut I don’t think there are many doubts about the success that the company has had throughout its history. One figure was key in his rise. Its founder, Ingvar Kampradwas a different man of his time. The businessman died with billions of dollars in his account and, however, the key that led him to success and that he strictly followed throughout his life was very simple. Hint: never spend more than necessary. Ingvar Kamprad before Ikea. When you imagine the guy who built the Ikea empire, you may think of someone who lived a dream life that very few can achieve. However, if the company is what it is today, it is partly because Kamprad was the complete opposite of those stereotypes. Despite his wealth, he was known for your most frugal habits. Born in Sweden in 1926, his beginnings as a “businessman” began very early. At the age of five he sold matchesand at ten he dedicated himself to selling bikes, fish or even Christmas decorations to his neighbors. At the age of 17, he created Ikea with the money his father gave him for his good grades. Of course, I didn’t sell furniture then, just small utensils for the house. ELON MUSK VS JEFF BEZOS: STAR WARS Kamprad in 1965 Ikea is getting older. It happened in 1956, when Kamprad revolutionized the market and the furniture industry itself with the introduction of flat boxes with furniture to assemble at home. Yes, this began a way of selling the product that has continued to this day and that reduced the company’s costs in exchange for the consumer doing the other part of the work: assembling the furniture. The founder achieved such success that he became one of the richest men on the planet. In fact, when he died in 2018 he was eighth on the world list and had a estimated net worth of 58 billion of dollars. However, if you had met him in life, you would not have thought that you were dealing with a billionaire. Kamprad’s life hack. Talking about the secret of the success of a company like Ikea in an article is nothing short of an act of faith. Surely it is better understood in a book and in a more relaxed way, but we can understand some keys through the figure of its founder. And Kamprad insisted on one thing: saving, and he carried that maxim every day of his life. “Everything we earn we need as a reserve,” said. For example, the man was known for flying economy class, staying in budget hotels, or drive a Volvo 240 GL of 93 that lasted 20 years. In fact, he only gave it up when he was convinced it was dangerous. Kamprad said that he learned to be prudent with money in the small town in southern Sweden where he grew up: “it is in Smaland’s nature to be thrifty.” Example of this it happened in 2014when he returned to Sweden after 40 years of tax exile with clothes “bought only in flea markets.” The haircut anecdote. In 2008, The guardian told a scene which said a lot about the businessman’s personality. Apparently, after paying around 22 euros for a haircut in the Netherlands, he said the price was too high for his usual budget for haircuts, “I usually try to get a haircut when I’m in a developing country. The last time was in Vietnam,” he went on to say. The philosophy of life, to the company. These habits not only represented the beginning of Kamprad’s personal philosophy towards consumerism, but were also to serve as a model for his employees. He New York Times detailed that low-cost flights, meals and hotel stays were initiatives that he promoted among executives. In fact, in 1976 he distributed what was called “Testament of a furniture dealer“, a booklet with guidelines that Ikea employees have followed since then. In it, he details parts of his frugal philosophy, stating that “wasting resources is a mortal sin at Ikea.” His inheritance, his legacy. Decades before his death, Kamprad had placed ownership of the Ikea brand in a complex network of foundations and holding companies. However, these assets were not transmitted to his heirs. Apparently, the Stichting Ingka Foundation, a Dutch entity whose stated purpose is to donate to charities and “support innovation” in design, controls most of the Ikea stores. Additionally, the Interogo Foundation owns the rights to the brand and controls global franchises through a subsidiary. This foundation is managed by a board in which members of the Kamprad family have minority control. That is, the heirs retained some of the wealth and control, but the majority of their fortune is held in charitable trusts. A complicated structure as a result of his desire to preserve Ikea’s unique culture and ensure its long-term survival. Why Ikea. Before finishing this small collection of stories about the man who founded the most famous furniture company, a secret that many do not know. Why is it called Ikea? It is an acronym of the initials of Kamprad’s first and last name, and the initials of the name of the family farm where he was born (Elmtaryd) and the nearest village (Agunnaryd). Image | Ikea, Haparanda Midnight Ministerial, Public Domain In Xataka | The psychology behind IKEA selling you cheap food in its restaurant In Xataka | Online sales and manufactured in local carpentry shops: Slowdeco, the “Valencian Ikea” that does not even try to compete against Ikea

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