Smart facts about everything. The most interesting historical facts about different things

A selection of interesting facts from different areas that will be very interesting and educational for many of us.

In 1988, Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to star in the sequel to the film Commando. The script was reworked for a new main character and called “ A tough nut to crack" Thus began the rise of Bruce Willis's career.

The world's population has almost stopped growing. The female fertility rate is currently 2.36. And for simple population reproduction, a female fertility rate of 2.33 is required.

When he was young, George Clooney lived with a lazy roommate who had a cat. Once he had to wash the cat's litter box for four days in a row. On the fifth day, Clooney got tired of it and shit in the tray himself. The neighbor was afraid that the cat was suffering from constipation and dragged the animal to the veterinarian.

In 1600, after a volcanic eruption in Peru, about two million people died... in Russia. The fact is that the accumulation of ash in the Earth’s atmosphere caused the “Little Ice Age,” which became the cause of a terrible crop failure, and then the “Great Famine” that occurred during the reign of Boris Godunov.

France is the only European country capable of providing itself with basic food products.

If you see a cloud from atomic explosion, extend your hand towards it and bend your thumb so that it obscures the “mushroom”. If the cloud turns out to be more finger, then you are in the radiation zone and you need to evacuate urgently.

In the American city of Anthem (Arizona) there is a monument that functions only once a year, on Veterans Day - November 11. On this day, the sun's rays fall on the monument at such an angle that they pass through all the rings in five concrete structures, symbolizing the five branches of the US military and illuminate the mosaic in the form of the “Great Seal”.

One man tried to commit suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), but survived. He later admitted that this “flight” completely changed his entire understanding of life. “I suddenly realized that there was absolutely nothing in my life that couldn’t be fixed. Except for one thing - this very jump that I just decided to take.”

The first visitor to Disneyland was a college student named Dave McPherson. But that time he didn’t have time to ride a single ride, because he was in a hurry to get to class. But later he had a chance to more than make up for lost time - he was awarded a lifetime pass to all Disneylands on the planet.

Japan imports rice from the US - but only to meet World War II requirements trade organization. The Japanese almost never eat this rice. Most of goes to North Korea as humanitarian aid, the rest is fed to pigs or rots in warehouses.

The ancestors of the first whales were medium-sized land-dwelling mammals.

Before Hitler came to Paris during World War II, the French cut all the cables Eiffel Tower. If the Fuhrer wanted to look at the city from above, he would have to climb the steps to the top, which he did not do. Therefore, Parisians proudly say that although Hitler captured France, the Eiffel Tower was too much for him.

In 2006, Claudia Mejia, a resident of the American city of Orlando, went to give birth at a local hospital. When she woke up after giving birth, it turned out that she had neither arms nor legs. To all attempts to find out why the woman had all her limbs amputated, the hospital responds that they cannot state the reason, since in this way the rights of other patients would be violated. Allegedly, she contracted some kind of disease already in the hospital from other patients and the hospital has no right to disclose this information. As a result, Claudia was never able to find out why she was left without arms and legs.

In Vilnius (Lithuania) there is a small district of Užupis, which declared itself an independent republic. This republic has its own flag, its own currency, president, cabinet of ministers and even an army of 11 people

Once the Indian Maharaja Jai Singh visited the Rolls-Royce pavilion in London. One of the workers, not understanding who was in front of him, allowed himself a caustic remark that, “You obviously can’t afford our product.” Singh bought ten cars, brought them to India and ordered them to be used for transporting garbage.

In 1998, during the Australian Open, sisters Serena and Venus Williams recklessly declared that they could easily beat any man ranked below 200 in the tennis rankings. German tennis player Karsten Braasch, the 203rd racket in the world, responded to the challenge. He showed up for the match, refueled with beer and, without much effort, beat first Serena and then Venus with a score of 6:1 and 6:2, respectively.

Due to confusion with similar names, representatives of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies have to meet regularly (once a month) to exchange mail delivered by mistake.

The very first version of Cinderella was written in China.

No one knows the name of the inventor of the fire hydrant because the patent for this invention was burned in a fire.

The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesbrough, ate a spoonful of his invention a day and assured that he felt enormous benefits from it for his body. He lived to be 96 years old.

President John F. Kennedy's daughter received a puppy from the first dog in space. The gift was made in order to improve relations between Kennedy and Khrushchev. This puppy managed to bite the entire Kennedy family.

Color pink does not exist. The fact that we see it is a great scientific mystery. This color is a combination of red and violet - two opposite spectrums of the rainbow, and such a mixture is impossible in nature. In fact, certain wavelengths, when reflected, are converted into pink in our brain.

Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito and Freud all lived in Vienna, Austria at the same time in 1913.

While a person eats a pineapple, the pineapple eats a person in return. This is the only plant that contains bromelain, an enzyme that effectively breaks down protein. And since the human body is made of protein, the pineapple tries to “digest” it. This is what explains the ulcers on the tongue of those who overdo it with eating these fruits.

During the 9/11 rescue mission, dogs were so rarely able to locate survivors that they experienced extreme stress as they felt guilty and unable to cope. Therefore, rescuers had to regularly hide in the ruins themselves to allow the dogs to detect them and, thereby, maintain their “fighting spirit.”

Billionaire cocaine smuggler Sal Magluta won the US National Speedboat Race three times and appeared frequently on television despite being a fugitive. Nobody noticed anything for 6 years.

The chemical name of titin consists of 189,819 characters. It will take at least three hours to pronounce it completely.

It turns out that it is even better to store eggs dirty, since they have protective layer, which is washed off with water. In many countries, eggs are washed before sale to give them a more “marketable appearance”, thereby opening pores in the shell through which harmful bacteria can enter during storage.

16% of Lithuanians are immune against HIV.

There is a legend that Orson Welles's radio play The War of the Worlds, broadcast on CBS on October 30, 1938, was taken at face value, causing more than a million residents of the northeastern United States to allegedly believe in a Martian attack and panic. It was said that entire families barricaded themselves with weapons in the basements of their houses, or hastily packed their things to leave the country. In reality, the effect was not that strong, it was just that the CBS station's competitors were trying to discredit it as a news source.

In China, there is an organization called the “Mistresses Association”, which unites women who live at the expense of married wealthy men. On their website, these women not only share their impressions and experiences, but also help each other collect dirt on their patrons in case they decide to “cut off funding.”

In 2004, humanity produced more transistors than grains of rice, and by 2010, 125 thousand transistors could already be bought for the price of a grain of rice. An electronic device with 16 GB of memory contains more transistors than neurons in the human head.

Biotechnology company Pembient has learned to 3D print “rhino horns” that are genetically identical to natural ones. The company plans to release this product on the Chinese market at a price 8 times cheaper than real horns, hoping to thus combat poaching.

In 2009, an expert on anti-kidnapping in Mexico was kidnapped in Mexico just after finishing a lecture entitled “How to Avoid Getting Kidnapped in Mexico.”

Abstract algebraic principles are typically only taught in college. Meanwhile, mathematicians have proven that even a five-year-old child - that is, almost any member of society - is quite capable of comprehending them.

75% of the world's food comes from just 12 plant species and 5 animal species.

Jerky movements like tapping your fingers on a table or beating a rhythm with your feet can burn up to 350 calories a day. It is easy to notice that such habits are characteristic mainly of slender people.

One day, a 2.5-year-old girl named Michelle Funk fell into the river and was under water for 66 minutes. When rescuers brought her to the surface, the baby had neither a pulse nor breathing. After more than 3 hours, her blood suddenly became warmer. When the temperature reached 25 degrees Celsius, the girl returned to life and lives to this day.

IN long history In humanity, there are many such events that did not fit into any ideas, and therefore were remembered by people for a long time. Many people know the Guinness Book of Records, which records the most diverse human achievements, but it was impossible to collect the most incredible facts in the world.

1. About our planet

Every schoolchild knows that the highest peak in the world is Chomolungma or Everest. But there is a much higher mountain on the planet. This is the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea, which rises above sea level by only 4205 meters, but from its base on the ocean floor it has perched 10203 meters.
Between Russian Chukotka and American Alaska are the Diomede Islands, which are also divided between these countries. They are located only 4 km from each other, and the line dividing them also runs along the date line. Therefore, the time difference between them is 24 hours.
Most clean water can be found in Finland, but the most dangerous is in Italian Sicily, where 2 sources of fairly strong sulfuric acid flow from a volcanic lake. But in Azerbaijan there is a source of “flammable water” - as soon as you bring a lit match to it, the “water” flares up with a blue flame.
In fact, there are so many diamonds on the planet that every inhabitant would have a full cup of this form of carbon.

2. About the plant world

The Cardiocrinum plant is so strange and rare that it is almost never described. It blooms once in a lifetime large flowers, which consume all the plant’s energy. As a result, the plant dies immediately.
Bamboo can grow 75 centimeters per day.
The currently tallest tree in the world is the evergreen sequoia, which, like its relatives, has its own name Hyperion. In 700 or 800 years, it managed to grow to 115.6 meters and continues to grow. Scientists deliberately hid the exact location of the record holder to protect him from crowds of tourists.

3. About people

A person who finds himself in an unfamiliar environment will in most cases turn right. This mental property is successfully used by marketers.
Crime reporter and journalist Vlado Taneski from Macedonia was also a serial killer who often described his own crimes. But in the end he made a mistake when he published information that until that moment could not have been known to anyone except the killer.
Australian truck driver Bill Morgan is a real lucky man, and not only because he survived a 14-minute clinical death after a heart attack. Soon after, he won a large sum in the lottery. The TV crew decided to film a story about him and asked him to erase the protective layer from an instant lottery ticket on camera. And guess what - he won $250,000 again!
40% of people do not live to see their first birthday.
Culture Australian Aboriginals at least as old as the Ice Age, so they remember the location and names of mountains that have been hidden under the waters of Bass Strait for 8,000 years.

4. About food

During the Prohibition period, owners of American vineyards adapted to concentrating grape juice to a semi-solid state - the so-called “wine bars”. They warned buyers not to leave the resulting liquid in the cupboard for three weeks after adding water, otherwise it would turn into forbidden wine. The hint was obvious.
The IOC has banned caffeine, so if an athlete drinks too much coffee or tea before a race, he will be disqualified.
Thailand produces the most expensive coffee in the world, the beans of which have passed through the digestive system of elephants. A kilogram of the Black Tusk drink is estimated at $1,100, and a cup of tea will cost a daredevil who wants to try the rare delicacy $50.
When buying bottled water, you should not rely too much on it, since 40% of it comes from the tap.

5. About countries

In 1781, among the Articles of the American Confederation, a note appeared that if Canada suddenly wanted to become part of the United States, it would be immediately accepted.
The annual cost of keeping a prisoner in a British prison costs the treasury £45,000. Isn't it easier to send him to study at Eton, which costs 1.5 times less?
Arabs write texts from right to left, but numbers are written in the opposite direction. Therefore, when reading Arabic texts replete with numerical data, you have to move your eyes here and there.
After the division of Korea into two countries, over 23,000 Koreans fled from north to south, and only 2 people in the opposite direction.

6. About the animal world

For the sake of sex, male Australian marsupial mice go to martyrdom - they are ready to mate for 14 hours without a break, completely devoting all their energy and dying from exhaustion. Biologists call this behavior “suicidal mating.”
Have you ever seen baby pigeons? Surely not, but all because they do not leave their nests for the first month, and after that they are already indistinguishable from adults.
In female plant aphids, new females that are already fertilized are born.
Beavers have transparent eyelids, so they swim calmly with their eyes closed underwater.
Rats are known to be very intelligent animals; moreover, they are the only animal other than humans that can laugh.

7. About astronauts

Each culture has its own way of life, traditions and delicacies, in particular. What seems ordinary to some people is perceived as...

In zero gravity, the astronauts' spine straightens, as a result of which, immediately after landing, they find themselves several centimeters higher than themselves before takeoff.
A person stops snoring in zero gravity, because weightlessness removes the load that weighs him down Airways. We snore because in our sleep soft fabrics The throat and tongue fall inward, especially when lying on the back. During breathing, the sunken parts of the body produce unpleasant snoring. One can only envy the astronauts, at least during sleep!

8. About diseases

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, on the 21st birthday, it was fashionable to remove all the teeth of the birthday boy and insert artificial ones.
Residents of the Kazakh village of Kalachi experience a strange sleeping sickness - they periodically fall into deep sleep, in which they remain for up to 6 days. IN Lately the disease has been linked to exposure to abandoned uranium mines.
Having made an official visit to Australia in 1875, the king of Fiji contracted measles, which he brought back to his homeland, due to which he lost a quarter of his population.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, they tried to treat coughs with heroin.

9. About society

On average, American children have seen 200,000 murders on television by the age of 18.
Homeless people in Japan and Hong Kong have learned to take advantage of 24-hour McDonald's and live in these public catering establishments, for which they are nicknamed "Mcrefugees."
British galleries and museums receive 7 times more visitors per year than Premier League football matches.
If vampires existed and drank the blood of one person every day, then after 13 days the entire population of the planet would turn into vampires.
The whole world has learned the name of the most brutal Colombian drug lord of the last century, Pablo Escobar. But he was also a loving father - his daughter recalled that when they had to hide from the police and were freezing at night, Escobar lit a fire of banknotes to warm his daughter. A night of such “heating” cost him more than 2 million dollars.

10. About sports

Most people want to get a window seat on an airplane to enjoy the views below, including take-off and landing views...

Objects resembling primitive skittles were found in an Egyptian tomb - does this mean bowling was played in the land of the pharaohs 5,200 years ago?
In 1958, the winner of the Jamaican table tennis championship was Jay Foster, who was only 8 years old at that time.
One Detroit newspaper was able to establish that 68% of professional hockey players lost at least one tooth during their careers.
Held in 1920 in Sweden Olympic Games went down in history for giving the world the oldest Olympic champion, who became 72-year-old shooter Oscar Swan.

Interesting historical facts attract with their diversity. Thanks to them, humanity has a unique opportunity to understand what happened in a given period of development of a nation, society and states. Facts from history are not just what we were told at school. There is a lot that is classified in this area of knowledge.

1. Peter the Great had his own method to combat alcoholism in the country. Drunkards were awarded medals that weighed approximately 7 kilograms and could not be removed.

2.During the times Ancient Rus' Grasshoppers were called dragonflies.

3.The anthem of Thailand was written by a Russian composer.

5.Those who urinated in the pond were executed during the time of Genghis Khan.

7. Braids were a sign of feudalism in China.

8.The virginity of English women in Tudor times was symbolized by bracelets on their arms and a tightly tightened corset.

9.Nero, who was emperor in Ancient Rome, married his male slave.

10. In ancient times in India, ear mutilation was used as a punishment.

11.Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but by mathematicians from India.

13.Binding feet was considered ancient tradition Chinese residents. The essence of this was to make the foot smaller, and therefore more feminine and beautiful.

14.Morphine was once used to relieve cough.

15.The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun had a sister and brother.

16. Gaius Julius Caesar had the nickname “boots”.

17.Elizabeth the First covered her own face with lead white and vinegar. This is how she hid traces of smallpox.

18.The symbol of the Russian tsars was precisely the Monomakh cap.

19. Pre-revolutionary Russia was considered the most non-drinking country.

20.Until the 18th century, Russia did not have a flag.

21. Since November 1941, the Soviet Union had a tax on childlessness. It amounted to 6% of the entire salary.

22.Trained dogs provided assistance in clearing mines during World War II.

23. Almost no earthquakes were recorded during the large-scale nuclear tests of 1960-1990.

24. For Hitler, the main enemy was not Stalin, but Yuri Levitan. He even announced a reward of 250,000 marks for his head.

25.The Icelandic “Saga of Hakon Hakonarson” talked about Alexander Nevsky.

26. Fist fights have long been famous in Rus'.

27. Catherine the Second abolished flogging for the military for same-sex contacts.

28. Only Joan of Arc, who called herself a messenger of God, managed to expel the invaders from France.

29.The length of the Cossack seagull, which we remember from the history of the Zaporozhye Sich, reached approximately 18 meters.

30. Genghis Khan defeated the Keraits, Merkits and Naimans.

31. By order of Emperor Augustus, houses that were taller than 21 meters were not built in Ancient Rome. This minimized the risk of being buried alive.

32.The Colosseum is considered the bloodiest place in history.

33. Alexander Nevsky had military rank"Khan".

34.During the time of the Russian Empire, it was allowed to carry edged weapons.

35.Soldiers in Napoleon's army addressed the generals on a first name basis.

36. During the Roman war, soldiers lived in tents of 10 people.

37. Any touching of the emperor in Japan before World War II was blasphemy.

38.Boris and Gleb are the first Russian saints who were canonized in 1072.

39.In the Great Patriotic War A Red Army machine gunner named Semyon Konstantinovich Hitler, who was Jewish by nationality, participated.

40. In the old days in Rus', to clean pearls, they were given to a chicken to peck at them. After this, the chicken was slaughtered and the pearls were pulled out of its stomach.

41. From the very beginning, people who cannot speak Greek were called barbarians.

42.In pre-revolutionary Russia, name days for Orthodox people were a more important holiday than a birthday.

43.When England and Scotland came to a union, Great Britain was created.

44.After Alexander the Great brought cane sugar from one of his Indian campaigns to Greece, it immediately began to be called “Indian salt.”

45. In the 17th century, thermometers were filled not with mercury, but with cognac.

46.The first condom in the world was invented by the Aztecs. It was made from a fish bladder.

47. In 1983, not a single human birth was registered in the Vatican.

48.From the 9th to the 16th centuries in England there was a law that every man must practice archery daily.

49.When the Winter Palace was stormed, only 6 people died.

50.About 13,500 houses were destroyed during the great and famous fire of London in 1666.

ABOUT COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES

1. The Alaska flag was created by a 13-year-old boy.
2. Military honor in no country is given with the left hand.
3. The international dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
4. Captain Cook was the first person to set foot on all the continents of the Earth except Antarctica.
5. The West African Matami tribe plays football with a human skull.
6. In Australia, the fifty cent coin originally contained two dollars worth of silver.
7. Most often, the Guinness Book of Records is stolen in English libraries.
8. The National Orchestra of Monaco is larger than its army.
9. One day - February 18, 1979 - it snowed in the Sahara Desert.
10. Canada is larger in area than China, and China is larger than the United States.
11. The only country where not a single birth was registered in 1983 is the Vatican.
12. The Nile froze twice - in the 9th and 11th centuries.
13. In Siena, Italy, you can't be a prostitute if your name is Maria.
14. In ancient Rome, a man taking an oath or making an oath would place his hand on the scrotum.
15. Tickling was prohibited by law in some ancient countries of the East, as it was considered a sinful arousing activity.
16. There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.
17. In the Eskimo language, there are more than 20 words for snow.
18. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.
19. In France, the law prohibits the sale of dolls with non-human faces, such as “alien girls.”
20. Canada has been declared the best country to live by the UN 4 times over the past 5 years.
21. In ancient Rome, if a patient died during an operation, the doctor's hands were cut off.
ABOUT CULTURE
22. As X-rays have shown, under the “Mona Lisa” we know, there are three more of its original versions.
23. John Lennon's song "I'm a Walrus" was inspired by the sound of a police siren.
24. The most frequently performed song in the world - “Happy birthday to you” - is protected by copyright.
25. There is only one Western directed by a woman.
26. Toilet seat George Harrison sang “Lusy in the sky with diamonds.”
27. During World War II, in order to save metal, Oscar figurines were made of wood.
28. original name“Gone with the Wind” - “Be-be, black sheep.”
29. In Cameroon's film Titanic, the most frequently spoken word is "Rose".

ABOUT THE LITTLE BROTHERS

30. A cat falling from the 12th floor has a better chance of surviving than a cat falling from the 7th floor.
31. When Europeans first saw a giraffe, they called it a “camelback,” thinking that it was a hybrid of a camel and a leopard.
32. Animal with the most big brain in relation to the body - an ant.
33. About 70 percent of living creatures on Earth are bacteria.
34. When young, Black Sea perches are mostly girls, but by the age of 5 they radically change sex!
35. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
36. The Tokyo Zoo closes for 2 months every year so that the animals can take a break from visitors.
37. Anteaters prefer to eat termites rather than ants.
38. When a giraffe gives birth, her baby falls from a height of one and a half meters.
39. Despite the hump, the camel’s spine is straight.
40. Female dogs bite more often than male dogs.
41. Every year, more people die from bee stings than from snake bites.
42. Sharks are immune to cancer.
43. Birth control pills work on gorillas.
44. A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
45. A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
46. The animal that can go the longest without drinking is the rat.
47. The only animals that suffer from leprosy, besides humans, are armadillos.
48. Hippos are born under water.
49. Orangutans warn of aggression with loud burps.
50. A mole can dig a tunnel 76 meters long in one night.
51. A snail has about 25,000 teeth.
52. A black spider can eat up to 20 spiders a day.
53. With a lack of food, a tapeworm can eat up to 95 percent of its body weight - and nothing!
54. Crocodiles are responsible for more than 1,000 deaths on the banks of the Nile per year.
55. The ancient Egyptians taught baboons to serve them at table.
56. Saint Bernards, the famous rescuers of mountaineers, do not wear a flask of brandy around their necks.
57. It takes 4 hours to hard-boil an ostrich egg.
58. Within a pride of lions, 9/10 of the prey is supplied to the “family” by lionesses.
59. Sloths spend 75% of their lives sleeping.
60. Hummingbirds cannot walk.
61. A moth has no stomach.
62. Europeans, having arrived in Australia, asked the aborigines: “What are these strange jumping animals you have here?” The Aborigines answered: “Kangaroo,” which meant: “We don’t understand!”
63. The easiest way to distinguish a vegetarian animal from a predator: predators have eyes located on the front of the muzzle to see the prey. Vegetarians have them on both sides of their heads to see the enemy.
64. Bat- the only mammal that can fly.
65. 99% of living creatures that lived on Earth became extinct.
66. To make a kilogram of honey, a bee must fly around 2 million flowers.
67. Blood of a grasshopper white, lobster - blue.
68. The only animals that have sex for pleasure are humans and dolphins.
69. Over the past 4,000 years, not a single new animal has been domesticated.
70. Penguins can jump more than one and a half meters in height.
71. The only pet that is not mentioned in the Bible is a cat.
72. Chimpanzees are the only animals that can recognize themselves in the mirror.
73. The word “orangutan” means “jungle man” in some African languages.
74. Emu means "ostrich" in Portuguese.
75. Elephants and humans are the only mammals that can stand on their heads.
76. Crocodiles swallow stones to dive deeper.
77. Polar bears can run at a speed of 40 km/h.
78. Dogs have elbows.

ABOUT THE GREATS

79. “The Thinker” by Rodin - a portrait of the Italian poet Dante.
80. Singer Nick Cave was born with a ponytail.
81. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day - April 23, 1616.
82. English Writer Virginia Woolf wrote most of her books standing.
83. Sarah Bernhardt played 13-year-old Juliet at 70 years old.
84. When Walt Disney was a child, he tortured an owl. Since then, he decided to bring animals to life in cartoons.
85. Beethoven was once arrested for vagrancy.
86. Buzz Aldrin, one of the astronauts who walked on the Moon, has his mother’s maiden name Moon (Moon).
87. When Einstein died, his last words died with him: the nurse did not understand German.
88. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to hide his beginning baldness.
89. D. Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
90. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, never called his mother and wife: they were both deaf.
91. Saint Patrick, the patron saint of the Irish, was not Irish.
92. Leonardo da Vinci invented an alarm clock that rubbed the feet of a sleeping person.
93. Napoleon suffered from ailurophobia - fear of cats.

ABOUT PEOPLE

94. The nose grows throughout a person’s life.
95. Only one child out of 20 is born on the day prescribed by the doctor.
96. The ancient Greeks believed that boys grow on the right side of the abdomen, and girls on the left.
97. If you remove space from all atoms human body, then what remains will be able to slip through the eye of the needle.
98. In the Middle Ages, in the dark spots of the Moon, people saw the figure of Cain carrying an armful of brushwood.
99. A sperm is the smallest single cell in the body. The egg is the largest.
100. If a real woman had the proportions of a Barbie doll, she would only be able to walk on 4 limbs.
101. Blonde beards grow faster than dark ones.
102. In Russian and English languages there is no word for the back of the knee.
103. In the 15th century, it was believed that the color red heals. Patients wore red and surrounded themselves with red things.
104. Tongue imprints are individual for all people.
105. When you blush, your stomach turns red too.
106. There is enough body fat in the human body to make 7 bars of soap.
107. 80% of the human body’s heat leaves the head.
108. A person has fewer muscles than a caterpillar.
109. At the time of death, Lenin's brain was a quarter of normal size.
110. The world's highest IQ scores on standardized tests belong to two women.
111. Most people lose 50% of their sense of taste by age 60.
112. House dust consists of 70% shed skin.
113. The tooth is the only part of a person that lacks the ability to repair itself.
114. The brain is 80% water.
115. More living organisms live on the body of one person than there are people on Earth.
116. One hair can support a weight of 3 kg.
117. The average human head weighs 3.6 kg.
118. Over the course of his entire life, a person produces so much saliva that it would be enough for 2 large swimming pools.

Well and Miscellaneous

Repellents don't repel mosquitoes - they hide you. The substances contained in repellents block the receptors with which mosquitoes find their prey.
Dentists recommend keeping your toothbrush at least two meters away from the toilet.
No sheet of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
Every year donkeys are killed on earth more people than die in plane crashes.
You burn more calories while sleeping than while watching TV.
The first product with a barcode was chewing gum Wrigley's.
The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is greater than the distance of the Wright brothers' first flight.
American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing just one olive from salads served to first class passengers.
Venus is the only planet in the solar system that rotates counterclockwise.
Apples help you wake up in the morning better than coffee.
The plastic things at the ends of the laces are called aiguillettes.
The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
Michael Jordan received from Nike more money than all the workers in the factories of this company in Malaysia.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on her feet.
All US presidents wore glasses. It’s just that some people didn’t like to appear in public wearing them.
Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
Pearls dissolve in vinegar.
Among people posting marriage advertisements, 35 percent are already married.
Three most expensive titles brands on earth it is Marlboro, Coca-Cola and Budweiser, in that order.
You can make a cow go up a ladder, but you can't make it go down.
Duck croaking does not echo, no one knows why.
The reason American firehouses have spiral staircases dates back to the days when pumps and other heavy objects were lifted by horses. The horses crowded below, unable to figure out how to climb the straight flights of stairs.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president to have all the letters of the word "criminal" in his name.
The second was Bill Clinton.
On average, 100 people die every year from choking on a ballpoint pen.
90 percent of New York taxi drivers are immigrants.
The elephant is the only animal that cannot jump.
One in two million people have a chance of living to 116 years old.
Women, on average, blink twice as often as men.
It is anatomically impossible for a person to lick his own elbow.
Indiana University's main library building is sinking one inch each year because engineers did not take into account the weight of the books it contained during construction.
Snails can sleep for up to three years.
Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues.
The lighter was invented before matches.
Every day, US residents eat 18 hectares of pizza.
Almost everyone who read this text tried to lick their elbow.
Having learned that, according to Plato, Man is a biped without feathers, Diogenes plucked the rooster and, bringing it to the Academy, announced: “Here is Plato’s man” ;)
If you scream for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, the amount of acoustic energy you generate will be enough to heat one cup of coffee.
If you fart continuously for 6 years and 9 months, the amount of gas you release will be enough to create an amount of energy equal to the explosion of an atomic bomb.
When pumping blood in the body, the human heart creates pressure sufficient to eject blood 10 meters forward.
You will burn 150 calories if you bang your head against the wall for an hour.
An ant can lift 50 times its own weight and pull 30 times its own weight. And when an ant is poisoned with chemicals, it always falls on its right side.
A cockroach can live 9 days without a head, after which it will die of hunger.
The male praying mantis is not capable of copulation when he has a head. Therefore, sexual intercourse in praying mantises begins with the female tearing off the male’s head.
Some species of lions can copulate up to 50 times a day.
Butterflies taste food with their feet.
Elephants are the only animals that are unable to jump
Cat urine glows under ultraviolet light.
An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.
A starfish has no brain.
All polar bears are left-handed.
Humans and dolphins are the only species of animals that have sex for pleasure.
Cockroaches have existed on Earth for 250 million years and have not undergone any evolutionary changes since then.
Crocodiles have never lived in Australia's Alligator River.
Drinkers began clinking glasses in ancient times. It was believed that in this way they ward off evil spirits.
Thanks to gravity, a person weighs a little less when the Moon is at its zenith.
Polar bears have black skin.
"Spain" literally means "land of rabbits".
For an oak tree to grow acorns, it must be at least 50 years old.
Pacific Tiwi girls are married off at birth.
In the 70s, the issue of a sex tax was seriously discussed in the United States. The fee was supposed to be 2 dollars.
Bees have five eyes.
Peanuts are used in the production of dynamite.
The first cologne in history appeared as a means of preventing the plague.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.
Every second, 1% of the world's population is dead drunk.
A beard consists of 7-15 thousand hairs. And it grows at a speed of 14 centimeters per year.
The ant has the largest brain of all living creatures. In relation to the body, of course.
To commit suicide with coffee, you need to drink 100 cups in a row.
Hans Christian Andersen could not write almost a single word correctly.
There are 25% more back injuries and 33% more heart attacks on Mondays.
Every day, an average of 33 new products appear in the world. 13 of them are toys.
The average person spends two weeks in their entire life waiting for a traffic light to change.
A person gets used to tea faster than to heroin.
Toilet paper was invented in 1857.
Every day, Americans throw away 20 thousand televisions, 150 thousand tons of packaging materials and 43 thousand tons of food.
Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day is equivalent to drinking a coffee cup of nicotine every year.
Ancient Egyptians used eye shadow to protect against conjunctivitis and trachoma.
The body of a sleeping person is half a centimeter longer than that of a waking person.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the smell of people who have recently eaten bananas.
A hockey puck can reach a speed of 160 kilometers per hour.
The Neanderthal brain was larger than yours and mine.
In some public toilets Singapore has installed karaoke video consoles.
Yaks have pink milk.
The shortest river in the world is the Saginaw in the US state of Michigan.
The average ATM makes a mistake of $250 per year - and not in its favor.
Christopher Columbus was blond.
A penguin can jump three meters high.
If 111.111.111 is multiplied by 111.111.111, the result is 12345678987654321.
In 1863, Jules Verne wrote the book Paris in the 20th Century, in which he described in detail the automobile, fax and electric chair. The publisher returned the manuscript to him, calling him an idiot.
The largest trade turnover in the world is gasoline. In second place is coffee.
IN South Korea Marriages between namesakes are prohibited.
English nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty is dedicated to King Richard III, who actually fell from the wall during the 1485 battle.
Over the course of a year, a person's ribs make 5 million movements.
The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.
Michael Jordan receives more money from Nike every year than all the workers at its factories in Malaysia combined.
Only 1 out of 7 thefts are solved in the world.
The 3 smartest dog breeds are the border collie, poodle and German shepherd, the dumbest are the Afghan hound, bulldog and chow chow.
Some brands of toothpaste contain antifreeze.
Icelanders drink Coca-Cola the most, Scots drink the least, preferring Irn Bru.
If you put a person on soap, he will get 7 pieces.
No language in the world has a word for reverse side knees.
Only 55% of Americans know that the Sun is a star.
When a gorilla gets angry, it sticks out its tongue.
Hong Kong has the most Rolls-Royces per capita.
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.
The area of the human alveoli is equal to a tennis court.
Over the past 4 thousand years, humans have not domesticated a single new species of animal.
The Speaker of the English House of Lords is prohibited from speaking during meetings.
A bee has two stomachs - one for honey, the other for food.
Every minute there are 2 earthquakes in the world.
It takes an average person 7 minutes to fall asleep.
The word "doctor" comes from the word "to lie." In Rus', healers often treated with incantations and spells. Mumbling, chattering right up to early XIX centuries were called lies.
There are about 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
Most lipsticks contain fish scales. And every woman eats an average of about 4 kilograms of this in her life. cosmetic product.
Watching color TV is less harmful than watching black and white: bright colors stimulate the color-perceiving apparatus of the eye, removing part of the load from the accommodative muscles.
All swans in England are the property of the Queen.
On average, a person drinks 60,560 liters of liquid during his life.
Until the eighteenth century, people did not use soap.
The elephant is the only mammal that cannot jump.
Humans and dolphins are the only animals that can have sex for pleasure.
The smallest army in the world (12 people) is the Republic of San Marino.
Drinking vodka (and other strong drinks...) is much more harmful than eating a snack.
Las Vegas is visible from space as the brightest place on Earth.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong took his famous “one man’s small step and all mankind’s giant step” to the Moon with his left foot.
Cholera bacilli die in beer within a few hours and the disease does not develop. The discoverer of cholera pathogens, Professor Koch, recommended beer as a medicine.
The mass of the human brain is 1/46 of the total body mass, the mass of the elephant's brain is only 1/560 of the body mass.
Every year on the Fourth of July, Americans eat more than 150 million hot dogs.
Every second, about 100 lightning flashes on Earth.
The human eye is capable of distinguishing 130-250 pure color tones and 5-10 million mixed shades.
The eagle owl can turn its head 270 degrees.
Tooth enamel is the hardest tissue produced by the human body.
Complete adaptation of the eye to darkness takes 60-80 minutes.
On his deathbed, Salieri repented of all his sins, but his confession was considered the delirium of a dying man.
Australia has twice as many kangaroos as people.
The surface pattern of a cat's nose is unique, like a human fingerprint.
A man swallows an average of 21 milliliters of liquid in one gulp, and a woman swallows 14 milliliters.
March 8 is the International Day for Women's Rights and International Peace.
If someone wanted to count all the stars in the Galaxy - and began to count them at the speed of one star per second - then it would take the “stargazer” about 3000 years.
If your scream lasts 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you will produce enough acoustic energy to boil a glass of water.
An ant poisoned by chemicals always falls on its right side.
The polar bear is left-handed.
The crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
The word "mouse" comes from the ancient Sanskrit word "mus", that is, "thief".
If someone annoys you and you make a face, 42 muscles are involved.
You only need to use 4 muscles to hit someone on the head.
When you hit your head against a wall, you burn 150 calories per hour.
A flea can jump a distance of 350 times its body length. It’s the same as a person jumping over a football field.
Soms have more than 27,000 taste buds.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue!
In one of the issues of the Moscow Provincial Gazette for 1848, you can read the following: “The tradesman Nikifor Nikitin should be exiled to the remote settlement of Baikonur for seditious speeches about a flight to the moon.”
IN ancient Greece women counted their age not from the day of birth, but from the day of marriage. By this they showed that only married life had meaning for them.
Over the past 200 years, 150 animal species have become extinct. The next 600 species of the animal world are on the verge of extinction.
To fill a half-liter sucker with honey, bees are forced to collect nectar from almost 2,000,000 flowers.
Boiling water extinguishes fire faster than cold water, since it immediately takes away the heat of vaporization from the flame and surrounds the fire with a layer of steam, which impedes the access of air.
Today, the average person weighs 5 kg more than in 1960.
Russian word"bath" goes back to the Latin "valneum" (bathing, washing), which has another meaning - "expulsion of sadness."
The Quaktul Indians living in British Columbia have a funny custom: if someone borrows money, they leave their name as collateral. Until the debt is repaid, the person remains nameless. At this time, other Indians call him with a movement of their hand or inarticulate screams.
In the movie Pulp Fiction, the word "fuck" is used 257 times (give or take a couple for the gagged Marsellus).
Tickling was prohibited by law in some ancient countries of the East, as it was considered a sinful arousing activity.
In the Eskimo language there are more than 20 words for snow.
There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.
In France, the law prohibits the sale of dolls with non-human faces, such as “alien girls.”
Canada has been declared the best country to live by the UN 4 times over the past 5 years.
In ancient Rome, if a patient died during an operation, the doctor's hands were cut off.
King Louis XIX ruled France for a total of 15 minutes.
There are more cows in Nebraska than people.
In the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” by S. Kubrick, the astronauts used the crazy supercomputer HAL; if in the word H-A-L we change each letter to the next one in the alphabet, we get I-B-M.
Bulls do not distinguish colors; they use red for brightness and beauty, and blood is less noticeable on it.
Web stronger than steel
The most durable thing that nature has created is shark teeth.
A shark has about 1,000 constantly changing teeth.
The largest shark that ever lived could fit in its mouth full height Human. (something made me think of sharks)
Cats sometimes lay out dead mice in a strict semicircle with their tails outward/inward, and place another one in the center.
At dusk, red appears redder.
Some people are able to live for a long time in icy water.
In an unconscious state, a person does not breathe in water.
From lack of air a person falls asleep.
Humans are immune to mad cow disease, which means that even Europeans, no matter how much they boasted of good morals, indulged in cannibalism.
Herbivores do not spread rabies.
Red cockroaches are not Russians (Prussians).
Animals dream.
Wasps kill more people than are killed by cars (an old fact that may have changed)
Plastic hardly decomposes.
The spider is the only insect with eight legs.
The jumping spider has an intelligence comparable to that of a small rodent, due to its “scanning” gaze.
The ruff has purple eyes.
Some frogs can change sex.
It is impossible to die from hydrocyanic acid in an apartment with an open window.
The first condoms appeared under Tutankhamun.
Crabs and lobsters lack a central nervous system.
Gogol suffered from manic-depressive psychosis.
In the ancient concept, a Shahid is a great martyr and should not at all own death kill more innocent people.
the octopus has 10 legs
Goats and octopuses have rectangular pupils.
The bite of the vampire mice causes more blood to flow out than she drinks.
It is anatomically inconvenient for a vampire to drink blood with fangs - they are designed to hold the victim, and for that they have hands. In order to drink blood, they need sharp incisors, not fangs (like bats)
There is only one species of crocodile that can run on land.
Crocodiles cannot chew.
The yew grows out of itself.

Surely the most incredible facts will shock you. After all, it’s not every day that you hear what we’re going to tell you about right now. Of course, there are many more of them than in this article. But it’s impossible to describe everything, but some of them will certainly make your leisure time enjoyable.

So, here are the facts for your attention.

Surely you are well aware that since ancient times there have been legends that there are vampires on earth who want to drink your blood? So today, for suspicious people who believe in this, special kits for hunting vampires are sold. Yes, yes, there is everything you need to protect and counterattack the evil bloodsuckers!

An Englishman named Albert Marcantonio got into the Guinness Book of Records because he managed to grow the world's largest zucchini. Its length was 165 centimeters.

By the way, the most stolen book on the planet is the Guinness Book of Records. This fact will also be included in this book.

It is believed that the best trained dogs in the world are police dogs. They are capable of incredible endurance. We have collected everything in a separate article.

The gecko animal is a champion in camouflage. No one knows how to hide from the eyes of a predator as deftly as this species of lizard.

Madagascar flat-tailed gecko

Did you know that the distance between and the USA is only 4 km? And this is not a joke at all! The distance between the Russian Ratmanov Island and the American Krusenstern Island is really only 4 km. So, on occasion, you can safely show off your knowledge of this incredible fact among your friends. It is also interesting that the Greenwich time difference between these islands is exactly 21 hours!

Surely you haven't heard anything about this amazing plant, as cardiocrinum, which translates as “Heart-shaped lily.” It seems incredible, but this miracle of nature blooms only once in a lifetime. Moreover, the plant spends all its energy on this task, and immediately after flowering it dies.

Scientists have long noticed that a person, in any incomprehensible area, is more inclined to go to the right than to the left. This feature is successfully used by all marketers in the world. When you come to a hypermarket, pay attention to how the stands are arranged.

The world's largest production car is the Ford F650. Its weight is 12 tons, and the cost is relatively low: only 70-80 thousand dollars.

This fact may seem incredible to you, but it is absolutely accurate: more than half of the world's population uses rice as their main food product.

The most expensive tea in the world is considered to be Dahongpao - “Big Red Robe”. This is Chinese rock tea. It can only be bought at auction, and the cost can reach 70 thousand dollars per 100 grams.

Dubai - The largest city United Arab Emirates. It's no secret that it is one of the richest cities. It is no coincidence that more than a hundred public transport stops there are equipped with air conditioning for comfortable waiting for transport.

By the way, also located in Dubai. Its height is 828 meters.

This incredible fact will seem unpleasant to music lovers, which includes the author of this article. The fact is that one hour of listening to music on headphones increases the number of ear bacteria by 700 times. Yes, sir, it would be better if I didn’t know this, since I still can’t give up headphones!

Nature never ceases to amaze us with its “tricks”. For example, a shrimp has a heart in its head. Poor thing!

In 1898-1910. The cough medicine was made from... heroin.

As you know, rats are one of the smartest animals in the world. They are also the only representatives of the animal kingdom that can laugh. This is truly an incredible fact.

Buckwheat is rarely respected among young people. However, it is different from many cereals unique properties and the presence of a huge amount of useful substances. It’s time to write a separate article about it, but for now we’ll just say that it is buckwheat that can cleanse the stomach of chewing gum. Keep in mind!

It seems incredible, but bamboo can grow up to 3 meters in height in just 24 hours.

Iceland is unique in that it has black beaches. And all because of the black gravel and black boulders. There are only a few such beaches on the planet.

A specimen of sequoia is considered evergreen. This unique tree grows in the USA and has its own name - Hyperion. The height of this giant is 115.61 meters, and its age is 700-800 years. Its exact location is not disclosed so that the flow of tourists does not disturb the existing ecosystem there.

Pablo Escobar

This fact is so incredible that you might think it is not true. However, this is a completely reliable fact. The fact is that one of the most famous drug lords of the 20th century was the Colombian Pablo Escobar. His daughter said that once, when they were hiding from the police, they had to spend the night under open air. Since she was cold, her dad made a fire.

But there was no firewood anywhere, so he burned about $2 million overnight. Despite the extreme cruelty and many bloody murders on his conscience, he loved his family very much.

He owns the quote: “In this life I can find a replacement for any thing, but I will never find a replacement for my wife and children.” At the time of 1989, his fortune was estimated at $3 billion.

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