There are so many amazing things in the world that we will never cease to be amazed. We invite you to read the most interesting facts about everything in the world. We have a lot of them.

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1. The Queen of Great Britain owns a sixth of the entire earth's landmass.

3. There is a village called Fucking in Austria. All road signs in it are made of cement. This is necessary to prevent signs from being stolen.

5. In Havana there was a ban on toasters until 2008.

6. The Queen of England is a relative of Vlad Kolovnik (aka Dracula).

7. Summer on the planet Neptune lasts 40 years in a row, however, the temperature reaches -200 °C. By the way, Neptune is included in.

8. Wombats poop cubes.

9. 8 out of 10 people, when eating marmalade figures, first bite off the figure's head.

10. All hurricanes are divided into 5 categories, and the slowest category will overtake the cheetah.

11. If you weigh a newborn panda, it will weigh as much as a cup of tea.

12. If you open a Latin dictionary, you will not find the translation of the word “interesting” there.

13. Eskimos have refrigerators, but they need them to keep their food from freezing.

14. In Parliament Square, the statue of Winston Churchill is electrocuted. This is necessary to prevent pigeons from perching on the monument.

15. Red Bull is banned in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Uruguay.

16. If acid from your stomach gets on your hand, it will burn a hole in your skin.

17. You can listen to the radio on the Moon, but not on board a submarine. This is due to the fact that radio waves travel easily in air and with difficulty in water.

18. Brazil nuts contain so much radiation that if you carry them on nuclear power plant, the alarm will go off there.

19. Vatican ATMs also operate in Latin, and this.

From the history

20. The Spanish Inquisition was required to give 30 days notice of its arrival.

22. Winston Churchill studied worse than others in first grade.

23. B late XIX century, the 21st anniversary was customary to give the removal of teeth and their complete replacement with false ones. Victorian era.

24. The Times newspaper of 1894 predicted that by 1950 London would be covered in horse manure.

25. Democracy in Ancient Greece existed for 185 years.

26. When Gillette released their razors in 1903, they could only sell 168 units.

27. When the first supermarkets appeared in Britain, customers were afraid to take food from the shelves for fear of being scolded.

28. The tin can was invented in 1810, and the can opener in 1858. 48 years before the invention of the can opener, people used a chisel and a hammer.

29. The secret password that the US President had to enter to launch a nuclear missile was 00000000. This password was in effect from 1960 to 1977.

30. Neanderthals were so strong that even a Neanderthal girl was stronger than a modern strong man.

31. For 99% of history, man was a hunter-gatherer.

33. Battery charge first mobile phones 20 minutes was enough.

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34. 40% of humanity have not lived even a year on the planet.

35. 10% of photographs were taken within the last year.

36. Half of NASA employees are dyslexic.

37. In the UK, 98% of homes are carpeted, but in Italy only 2%.

38. One issue of The New York Times contains as much information as a person of the 18th century would not have received in his entire life.

39. There are 6,900 languages ​​in the world, but 50% of the population uses only 20 of them.

40. There are 300 earthquakes a year in the UK, but only 11 people have been affected by them.

41. The mass of the Internet is equal to the mass of a large strawberry.

42. Television broadcasts 10 times more crimes than actually happen.

43. The population of the United States is only 5% of the entire globe, but 25% of prisoners around the world are Americans.

44. 2/3 of people who are already 65 years old are still alive.

45. contains 10 thousand times big photo than the American Library of Congress.

46. ​​Police security cameras will not be able to notice an object on the highway if it is moving at a speed of 45 thousand km per hour.

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The world is beautiful and amazing, and it is also full of mysterious and interesting things that you may not have even imagined. Users of the popular site Reddit have collected a whole collection of funny and true facts that can truly capture your imagination.

Perhaps these 27 facts will make you look at the world in a completely different way.

1. There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy - 3 trillion trees versus “only” 100 billion stars.

2. The largest living organism on the planet is the giant honey fungus, or rather its mycelium, which stretches 4 km underground. It grows in the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Oregon.

3. Miss Piggy from The Muppet Show and Master Yoda from Star Wars” speak in one voice - they were both voiced by actor and puppeteer Frank Oz.

4. During the Second World War, Wojtek, a Syrian, was drafted into the Polish army brown bear. He rose to the rank of corporal and often drank beer and smoked cigarettes.

5. In Japan, traditional manga comics use more paper to print than they do to produce them. toilet paper.

6. From the discovery of Pluto in 1930 until its removal from the list of planets in 2006, it did not even have time to complete a full revolution around the Sun. Pluto's full daily cycle lasts 248 Earth years.

7. Chinese broccoli, kale, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli come from the same plant - brassica oleracea - they are just different varieties.

8. The times when Cleopatra lived are closer to the time of the first man landing on the moon than to the time of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

9. The mantis crab can rotate its claws so quickly that the water around them boils and flashes of light appear around them.

10. The Spanish national anthem has no words.

11. Honey never spoils. It is completely safe to eat, even if it is 3 thousand years old.

12. Dead people can get goosebumps.

13. A small part of the noise that we see on the TV screen when there is no signal is residual radiation from the time of the Big Bang. This is how we observe the consequences of the creation of the Universe.

14. Official sport American state Maryland - jousting tournaments.

15. When breathing through the nose, we always inhale more air through one nostril than the other, and they change every 15 minutes.

16. If you remove all the empty space between the atoms of the bodies of all people on Earth, the population of the planet will fit in an apple.

17. When the pyramids were built, mammoths were still alive.

18. There are more combinations in chess than there are atoms in the known part of the Universe.

19. If a way was found to extract all the gold from the Earth's core, it could cover the planet in a knee-high layer.

20. To drink all the blood from the average person, it would take 1.2 million mosquitoes (assuming each of them makes one bite).

21. Writing was invented by the Egyptians, Sumerians, Chinese and Mayans independently of each other.

22. To determine the right time for mating, the male giraffe butts the female in the bladder area until she empties it, and then tastes the urine.

23. The path from the solar core to the surface can take a photon up to 40 thousand years, while it covers the rest of the distance to the Earth in just eight minutes.

24. Tardigrades, or “little water bears” as they are also called, are about 0.5 mm in size. Moreover, they can survive in almost any conditions - even in the vacuum of space.

25. Glass can be made from almost any fusible material. You just need to cool the molten mass before the molecules have time to rearrange themselves back into the structure in which they were before the melting.

26. The kakapo bird (owl parrot) emits a strong and pleasant musky aroma, which makes it easy for predators to find it. That is why it is endangered.

27. In 1903, the Wright brothers made the first flight above the earth. 66 years later, in 1969, man landed on the moon for the first time.

Newborns typically have about 270 bones, most of which are very small. This makes the skeleton more flexible and helps the baby pass through the birth canal and grow quickly. As we grow older, many of these bones fuse together. The adult human skeleton consists on average of 200–213 bones.

2. The Eiffel Tower grows 15 centimeters in summer

The huge structure is built with temperature expansion joints, allowing the steel to expand and contract without any damage.

When steel heats up, it begins to expand and takes up more volume. This is called thermal expansion. Conversely, a drop in temperature leads to a decrease in volume. For this reason, large structures, such as bridges, are built with expansion joints that allow them to change in size without damage.

3. 20% of oxygen comes from the Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest covers 5.5 million square kilometers. The Amazon jungle produces a significant portion of the oxygen on Earth, absorbing huge amounts of carbon dioxide, which is why it is often called the lungs of the planet.

4. Some metals are so reactive that they explode even when in contact with water.

Some metals and compounds - potassium, sodium, lithium, rubidium and cesium - exhibit increased chemical activity, so they can ignite with lightning speed when in contact with air, and if they are placed in water, they can even explode.

5. A teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh 6 billion tons.

Neutron stars are the remains of massive stars, consisting mainly of a neutron core covered with a relatively thin (about 1 km) crust of matter in the form of heavy atomic nuclei and electrons. The cores of stars that died during a supernova explosion were compressed under the influence of gravity. This is how super-dense neutron stars were formed. Astronomers have found that the mass of neutron stars can be comparable to the mass of the Sun, although their radius does not exceed 10–20 kilometers.

6. Every year, Hawaii gets 7.5 cm closer to Alaska.

The earth's crust consists of several huge parts - tectonic plates. These plates are constantly moving along with the upper layer of the mantle. Hawaii is located in the middle part of the Pacific Plate, which is slowly drifting northwest toward the North American Plate, on which Alaska is located. Tectonic plates move at the same speed as human fingernails grow.

7. In 2.3 billion years, the Earth will be too hot to support life.

Our planet will eventually become an endless desert, similar to today's Mars. Over hundreds of millions of years, the Sun has warmed up, become brighter and hotter, and will continue to do so. In more than two billion years, temperatures will be so high that the oceans that make Earth habitable will evaporate. The entire planet will turn into an endless desert. As scientists predict, in the next few billion years the Sun will turn into a red giant and completely engulf the Earth - the planet will definitely come to an end.

Thermal imagers are able to identify an object by the heat it emits. And polar bears are experts at staying warm. Thanks to the thick layer subcutaneous fat and a warm fur coat, bears are able to withstand even the coldest days in the Arctic.

9. Light will take 8 minutes 19 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth

It is known that the speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second. But even at such breakneck speed, it will take time to cover the distance between the Sun and Earth. And 8 minutes is not so much on a cosmic scale. It takes sunlight 5.5 hours to reach Pluto.

10. If you remove all the interatomic space, humanity will fit in a sugar cube

In fact, more than 99.9999% of an atom is empty space. An atom consists of a tiny, dense nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons, which occupy proportionately more space. This is because electrons move in waves. They can only exist where the crests and troughs of the waves are formed in a certain way. Electrons do not remain at one point; their location can be anywhere within the orbit. And therefore they take up a lot of space.

11. Stomach juice can dissolve razor blades

The stomach digests food thanks to the caustic hydrochloric acid with a high pH (hydrogen index) content - from two to three. But at the same time, the acid also affects the gastric mucosa, which, however, can quickly recover. The lining of your stomach is completely renewed every four days.

Scientists have many versions of why this happens. The most likely: due to huge asteroids that influenced its course in the past, or due to strong circulation of air currents in upper layers atmosphere.

13. A flea can accelerate faster than the space shuttle

Flea jumps reach mind-boggling heights - 8 centimeters per millisecond. Each jump gives the flea an acceleration 50 times greater than the acceleration of the spacecraft.

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No matter how much knowledge you have, there is always something interesting in the world that you could learn about today.

6. The most a big wave, which we rode on, was height with 10-story building.

7. Hearing - the fastest of feelings person.

8. Since the rotation of the Earth’s axis has slowed down, dayduring the time when dinosaurs lived,lasted approximately 23 hours.

9. On Earth more plastic flamingos than real ones.

10. To cook eggs on the sidewalk, its temperature should reach 70 degrees Celsius.

11. 54 million people alive today they will die in a year.

12. Charlie Chaplin once participated in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike competition and took 3rd place there.

13. Most entries off-screen laughter in comedy shows was recorded in the 1950s. So many of that audience are no longer alive.

14. Antarctica – the only continent where corn is not grown.

15. Lighters were invented before matches..

16. Napoleon was not short. His height is 170 cm, which was considered average height for the French in those days.

17. Best time For nap between 1 and 2:30 p.m., since at this time the body temperature drops.

18. Children do not feel salty taste until 4 months.

19. Male pandas perform handstand, when they urinate to mark a tree.

20. If only The earth would be the size of a grain of sand, The sun would be the size of an orange.

21. The Dead Sea is not completely dead. Microbes halophiles live in its salty water.

22. The first horses were the size of Siamese cats. These were the smallest horses that ever lived.

23. Only about 100 people in the world can speak Latin fluently.

A person's daily life is not as boring as many people think. They make an attentive observer think about it, be surprised by the diversity of life, or have a good laugh.

But in the bustle of everyday chores, we sometimes do not notice these things. Want to expand your horizons?

We are offering to you interesting facts from life, which will definitely lift your spirits and teach you to look at the world in a new way.

1. According to statistics, chronic alcoholics live 15 years longer than those people who work without vacation. Rest more, gentlemen, but do not abuse alcohol!
2. 25% of our compatriots think about sex while stuck in a traffic jam. Oddly enough, only 6% think about work.
3. Blue-eyed people are less likely to suffer from visual impairments than brown-eyed and gray-eyed people.
4. Brown-eyed people are more adapted to everyday difficulties.
5. An interesting life fact: the more often a man makes love, the lower his risk of a heart attack. Consider these instructions for action! This, unfortunately, does not apply to women.
6. In the morning we are about 1 centimeter higher. During the day, the joints shrink, which makes us a little shorter in the evening.
7. Not a single person in the world can sneeze with with open eyes. Want to check it out? Please! Just don't do this while driving a car. According to statistics, 2% of all accidents occur because the driver sneezed and lost vigilance for a couple of seconds.
8. Women speak 13 thousand more words per day than men. All men will agree with this fact, but women may be indignant!
9. Interestingly, nightmares are more likely to occur in a cold bedroom.
10. Foul language can temporarily dull the pain. Probably, Russian builders feel this on an intuitive level!
11. The more often you overeat, the worse your hearing.
12. Cats' taste buds are not sensitive to sweets. By the way, read in a separate article.
13. Men's hair is coarser and thicker than women's. However, there is twice as much hair on a woman's head!
14. If a woman periodically listens to an audio recording of a child crying, her breasts can increase by 2 centimeters in a week.
15. There is a fact that designers came up with a small pocket on men's jeans in order to hide a condom there. It's actually designed for a watch. Recommended reading.
16. The best cleaner for kettles, bathtubs, toilets and ovens is regular Coca-Cola!
17. Uncolored Coca-Cola is green.
    
18. Flavored cigarettes contain urea.
19. The timbre of the voices of women who work in a male team is significantly lower than that of women who work side by side with other women.
20. Regular sex relieves headaches. Interestingly, not all women use this fact in their lives. But men can use it as an argument!
21. Left-handed people find it easier to chew food with the left side of their jaws.
22. You can stop yawning by touching your tongue with your finger.
23. When talking to a person we like, our pupils involuntarily dilate.
24. When there are many cows, it is a herd. A set of horses is called a herd. A large group of sheep - a flock. But when there are a lot of frogs, it’s... an army! At least that's what zoologists call them.
25. 4-5 summer child asks about 400 questions a day.
26. Fear of Friday the 13th is considered a disease and is successfully treated by psychotherapists.
27. A clear fact of life: the average person eats 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
28. Turtles can breathe through their anus.
29. OK (okay) is the most commonly used word in most languages ​​of the world.
30. 95% of emails sent via e-mail, – spam.
31. A champagne cork can jump to a height of up to 12 meters.
32. Interestingly, throughout the history of the Earth, no two identical snowflakes have existed. However, just like people. Even twins have slight differences.
    
33. In 2 years, a pair of rats can produce more than a million babies. For comparison, a domestic cat gives birth to no more than 100 kittens in her entire life.
34. First US President George Washington free time loved to admire the lush hemp bushes that grew in his garden.
35. Do not microwave grapes or they will explode!
36. The cow is unable to go down the stairs.
37. Incredible but true: the largest eyes on Earth belong to the giant (colossal) squid. They are approximately the size of a soccer ball.
38. Humpback whales scream the loudest of all animals on Earth. The cry of these mammals is louder than the roar of an airplane and can be heard over 500 kilometers in the open ocean.
39. Believe it or not, a caterpillar has more muscles than a human.
40. People in white swimsuits and swimming trunks are more likely to become victims of sharks on beaches.
41. A shark's nostrils are an organ of smell, but not of breathing. Sharks breathe through gills.
42. Babies have more bones than adults.
43. The lighter the beard, the faster it grows.
44. An interesting fact from life: the smartest woman (according to the results of an IQ test) was... a housewife.
45. More than 1,000 people die every year from lightning strikes.
46. Cologne was originally used to treat the plague.
47. Koalas sleep 22 hours a day. Eh!..
    
48. The peak of household injuries and heart attacks occurs on Monday.
49. Every day, 13 new varieties of children's toys appear in the world.
50. The most common tree in the world is the Siberian larch.
51. And this is a terrible fact, despite the fact that it is about life. Some sharks eat their brothers and sisters while still in the womb. Truly, survival of the fittest!
52. Contrary to popular belief, anteaters do not eat ants. Their main food is termites.
53. The Mayans and Aztecs used cocoa beans instead of money.
54. A quarter of our skeleton is made up of leg bones.
55. Dogs are able to guess their owners' intentions. Pay attention to .
56. The shrimp's heart is located in the head, in the back of the head. The genitals are located nearby.
57. The giraffe's tongue reaches a length of up to half a meter.
58. A blue whale can not breathe for 2 hours.
59. Surprisingly, but true: the female nightingale cannot sing.
60. A postage stamp contains one tenth of a calorie.
61. Tongue prints, like fingerprints, are unique and inimitable.
62. Purple clothes are worn as a sign of mourning in Turkey. In all others Muslim countries White is considered the color of mourning.
63. At the end of the 19th century, cocaine was used to treat insomnia and colds.
64. If you chew gum while peeling onions, it is impossible to cry.
65. Ticks can go 10 years without food.
66. Until the end of the 19th century in Russia, you could only buy vodka in a 12-liter bucket. People once knew when to stop! By the way, we recommend reading where we have collected a very interesting selection.
67. There are more colorblind men than women.
68. This fact of life may surprise you. The fact is that some men are terrified of virgins. Psychologists call this phenomenon parthenophobia.
69. The hibernation period of snails can last 3 years.
70. Vinegar can dissolve pearls.
71. 99% of living things that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
72. Every day on Earth, 3 people undergo gender reassignment surgery.

Well, friends, we hope that you liked the interesting facts from life. Of course, we do not call them either the most important or the most interesting. It’s just that selections like these help keep your brain in good shape and exercise your memory.

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