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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 an atomic explosion, extend your hand towards it and bend it 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 Sun rays fall on the monument at such an angle that they pass through all the rings in the 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 sent 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 of the 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. To pronounce it completely, you will need less than three hours.

It turns out that it's even better to store eggs dirty because they have a protective layer that washes 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 “Association of Mistresses”, uniting women who live at the expense of married people. 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 dispose of this product at 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.

Who parks a car better - girls or men, in which country do the largest people live, how much time do we spend kissing in terms of our entire lives, and what is demodex. About this and much more in a selection of interesting facts about everything in the world. We only have, stay with us and see for yourself.

Fact #1: Hawaiian women are not shy about “confessing” to men that they crave their attention. They show this with the help of flowers, which they place behind their right ear. Stronger desire- more flowers.

Fact #2: 44% of people love watching their partner's emotions while kissing. But others prefer to indulge in kisses, closing their eyelids tightly.

Fact No. 3: not all lovers rejected by their partners are able to calmly endure the breakup. 40% of them get rid of depression in the clinic.

Fact No. 4: Adults laugh on average about 15 times a day, while children laugh about 400 times.

Fact #5: It takes each of us an average of 7 minutes to fall asleep soundly.

Fact No. 6: First love ends in marriage for only 2 out of 5 people.

Fact #7: People spend an average of half a month or 20,160 minutes kissing in their entire lives.

Fact #8: By visiting public toilet, only 75% of the stronger sex and 90% of the weaker sex wash their hands.

Fact No. 9: Women, not men, are better at parking a car.

Fact #10: When kissing, 65% of people prefer to tilt their heads to the right.

Fact No. 11: On average, women have sex with 4 partners in their entire lives.

Fact No. 12: People between 20 and 70 years old devote approximately 36,000 minutes or 25 days to sexual fun.

Fact No. 13: The natives of England organize tea ceremonies more often than residents of other countries. For comparison: 20 times more people in America.

Fact No. 14: a lady uses so much lipstick in 5 years that if this amount is represented in the form of a tube, then it would be equal to her height.

Fact #15: the most tall people(if we take an average) the residents of Holland are considered.

Fact No. 16: out of 10 people, 8 are sure that future relationships depend entirely on the first kiss.

Fact No. 17: If we take an average, then the people in Japan are considered the shortest in height.

Fact No. 18: ancient mountains all over the world dividing Russian land into Asia and Europe are the Ural mountains.

Fact No. 19: the higher a person’s intelligence, the higher the zinc and copper content in his hair.

Fact No. 20: Demodex live in the eyelashes of many of us - micro mites that have an oral cavity and even claws.

Fact No. 21: throughout our lives, each of us produces saliva so much that it would be enough to fill 2 swimming pools, each of medium size.

Fact No. 22: If we take an average, then in a lifetime people kiss about 2 weeks, and have sex 3,000 times.

Fact #23: Men shave 8.4 meters of stubble in their lifetime, spending 3,350 hours doing so.

Fact No. 24: of all humanity trying to meet people for sex through virtual communication, 35% of people are married.

Fact No. 25: 47% of people have nightmares at least once a month.

Fact No. 26: almost every person during his life “winds” a straight line equal to 5 earth equators.

Fact No. 27: Mostly babies 1-3 months old cry without tears.

Fact No. 28: it is documented that the largest number of orgasms that can be had in 1 hour is 16 for one man and 134 for one woman.

If you're bored and have ten minutes to spare, why not read the 100 most interesting and funny facts from life on our planet.

1. If you want to burn more than 150 calories in an hour, bang your head against the wall.

2. Did you know that eating pies in the UK at Christmas is illegal.

3. Pteronophobia causes panic in people from being tickled by bird feathers.

4. Did you know that hippos sweat? And their sweat when they are upset is red.

5. A flying flock of crows is very dangerous to life; it is better to avoid meeting them.

6. On average, over the course of 5 years, a woman applies so much lipstick to her lips that if they were put into one tube, its length would be equal to the woman’s height.

7. Cherophobia is an inexplicable fear of received pleasure (fun).

8. Have you heard that human saliva is three times higher than the boiling point of water?

9. If you lift a kangaroo's tail, it will not be able to jump.

10. Ed Handrick was the man who invented Frisbee (flying saucers) and was cremated after his death. Plates were made from his remains and given to relatives as a sign of his memory.

11. A person produces so much saliva throughout his life that it can fill an entire swimming pool.

12. An eagle can grab a young deer and even kill it.

13. Polar bear can eat as many as 86 penguins in one sitting.

14. King Henry VIII I took a giant ax with me at night.

15. Do you imagine that women's tampons and bikinis were invented by a man?

16. Doctors found that on Monday he large quantity people have heart attacks.

17. Beans, corn, sweet peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk, these products will turn your intestines upside down.

18. Hobo Spider, this is another species of spider recently discovered by scientists.

19. "Penis fencing" is a scientific term that refers to the beginning marriage ritual between flatworms. It consists in the one who “pricks” the other one the most, he wins. The prize is that the winner becomes a queen.

20. A toaster uses almost half the energy that full-size ovens use.

21. The spider's child is called Spiderling.

22. A person cannot snore and dream at the same time.

23. A baby octopus is born the size of a flea.

24. A duck, a sheep and a rooster were the first passengers to take off in a hot air balloon.

25. In Uganda, 50% of the population are minors, their age reaches 15 years.

26. Arab women can file for divorce only because their husbands did not make them a cup of coffee.

27. Dog feces diluted in vinegar help relieve itching and swelling from an insect bite.

28. Catfish is the only animal that has an odd number of antennae.

29. Facebook, Skype and Twitter are prohibited in China.

30. 95% of people cannot say in person their opinion about any things.

31. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

32. In the town of Poole, England, the Pound of the World store went bankrupt, only because the store across the road called 99p. sold the same goods, but only 1 pence cheaper!

33. Approximately 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year.

34. Almost 3% of the ice in Antarctica consists of penguin urine.

35. When sea otters sleep, they hold on to each other so as not to move away during the current.

36. Small child can swim through the veins of a blue whale.

38. The name of the Hewlett-Packard company was drawn by lot.

39. Total steps up the Eiffel Tower is 1665 steps.

40. The Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan were the “children” of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

41. Colgate toothpaste in Spanish translates to “go hang yourself!”

42. Pirates wear earrings because they believe it will improve their eyesight.

43. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."

44. Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in the hope that it would reduce masturbation.

45. The octopus's testicles are in his head!

46. ​​In England, in the 1880s, "Trousers" was considered a dirty word.

48. Each person spends about half an hour looking at one point.

49. If you leave everything until the last minute... it will only take a minute.

50. Ithyphallophobia means fear of erection.

51. The first alarm clock can only ring at 4 am.

52. Birds don't pee.

53. The word “ejaculation” is translated from Latin as “throw away”

55. A slug has 4 noses.

56. Potatoes, apples and onions all taste the same when you eat them with your nose closed.

57. George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

58. A company in Taiwan makes tableware from wheat, so you can eat your own plate for lunch!

59. The Bible is one of the most stolen books in stores.

60. Marco Hort set a world record for placing 264 straws in his mouth at once!

61. Mel Blanc, the man who voiced Bugs Bunny, suffered from an allergy to carrots.

62. In California, 6 drivers named Jesus Christ were given driving licenses.

63. Genesis 1:20-22 says the chicken came before the egg.

64. In the Caribbean, there are oysters that can climb trees.

65. Worms drink their urine.

66. More than 1,000 birds die every year from being smashed into windows.

67. The inventor of the waffle iron hates waffles.

68. George Bush was once an amateur.

69. In Japan, it is quite acceptable to call your child "Ass" or "Prostitute".

70. Every year, there are more than 40,000 toilet injuries in the United States.

71. Madonna suffers from gamophobia, this is the fear of entering into marriage.

72. In China English language know more people than in the USA.

73. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th!

74. The Kleenex company provided its fabrics for filters in gas masks.

75. In 1998, Sony sold more than 700,000 video cameras that filmed people through their clothes. These cameras had special lenses that used infrared radiation, which made it possible to see through several layers of clothing.

76. When the monkeys finish fighting, they start masturbating.

77. In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called "Donald McDonald" because the pronunciation is easier for the Japanese, and in Singapore he is known as "Uncle McDonald".

78. American archer Matt Stutzman, who was born without arms, set a Guinness record and plans to compete at the Olympics.

79. Scientists in Germany have produced candies that do not cause tooth decay.

80. In 1964, Randy Gardner, who was 17 years old at the time, set a wakefulness record of 264 hours and 12 minutes. Afterwards he slept for 15 hours.

81. About 4 billion years ago there was oxygen on the planet Mars.

82. Astronauts in space cannot burp.

83. A fruit like avocado is poisonous to birds.

84. Anyone spacecraft must move at a speed of 7 km/s.

85. An elephant does not have a single bone in its trunk, but there are 4000 muscles.

86. A rodent's teeth never stop growing.

87. On average, a person spends 3 years of his life “reading a newspaper” on the toilet.

88. In 2006, a woman farted on a plane and tried to hide the smell, as a result she was made emergency landing and an FBI investigation was underway

89. B Russian army During the march, the soldiers sing a song from the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants instead of the anthem.

90. Most people who read the word “yawning” begin to yawn.

91. 99 hours is the record time for playing Monopoly.

92. Men who kiss their wives in the morning live 5 years longer than those who don’t.

93. Statistics prove that Australian women have sex on the first date.

94. More than 30% of Chinese adults live with their parents.

95. Harvard scientists believe that if you eat chocolate regularly, you can live longer.

97. When the ancient Romans took the oath, they placed their hands on their kokushki.

98. During the gold rush in 1849, only $100 was paid for a glass of water.

99. The can opener was invented 48 years after the invention of the can.

100. Close to 150 people die each year from coconuts.

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1. Hydra polyp has a high regenerative ability. If a hydra is cut into two parts, they both regenerate into an adult hydra. Hydras have been proven to be theoretically immortal.
2. American mathematician George Dantzig, while a graduate student at the university, was late for class one day and mistook the equations written on the blackboard for homework. It seemed more difficult to him than usual, but after a few days he was able to complete it. It turned out that he solved two “unsolvable” problems in statistics that many scientists had struggled with.
3. During World War II, trained dogs actively helped sappers clear mines. One of them, nicknamed Dzhulbars, discovered 7,468 mines and more than 150 shells while clearing mines in European countries in the last year of the war. Shortly before the Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24, Dzhulbars was injured and could not participate in the military dog ​​school. Then Stalin ordered the dog to be carried across Red Square on his overcoat.
4. 74-year-old Australian James Harrison has donated blood almost 1,000 times in his life. Antibodies in his rare blood type help newborns with severe anemia survive. In total, thanks to Harrison's donation, it is estimated that more than 2 million babies were saved.
5. The dog Laika was sent into space, knowing in advance that she would die. After this, the UN received a letter from a group of women from Mississippi. They demanded to condemn the inhumane treatment of dogs in the USSR and put forward a proposal: if for the development of science it is necessary to send living beings into space, in our city there are as many black children as possible for this purpose.
6. On April 1, 1976, English astronomer Patrick Moore played a prank on BBC radio by announcing that at 9:47 a.m. a rare astronomical effect would occur: Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, enter into gravitational interaction with it, and slightly weaken the Earth’s gravitational field. If listeners jump at this moment, they should experience a strange feeling. Since 9.47am the BBC has received hundreds of calls reporting strange feelings, with one woman even saying she and her friends left their chairs and flew around the room.
7. When eating celery, a person spends more calories than he takes in.
8. During the enormous popularity of Charlie Chaplin, “Chapliniads” were held throughout America - competitions for best imitation actor. Chaplin himself participated in one of these competitions in San Francisco incognito, but failed to win.



9. The Englishman Horace de Vere Cole became famous as a famous joker. One of his best jokes was handing out tickets at the theater. By allocating strictly defined places to bald men, he ensured that together these bald skulls from the balcony were read as a swear word.
10. During the conquest of Weinsberg in 1140, King Conrad III of Germany allowed women to leave the destroyed city and carry in their hands what they wished. The women carried their husbands on their shoulders.
11. Only in Russian and some former languages Soviet republics The @ sign is called a dog. In other languages, @ is most often called a monkey or a snail; there are also such exotic variants as strudel (in Hebrew), pickled herring (in Czech and Slovak), moon ear (in Kazakh).
12. If you simultaneously place two pieces of bread on the ground at two opposite points on our planet, you will get a sandwich with the globe. The first such sandwich was made in 2006, calculating the coordinates of a place in Spain and the corresponding antipodean place in New Zealand. Subsequently, the experience was repeated in many other parts of the planet. But it is very difficult for residents of Russia to make a sandwich with the Earth, since for the vast majority of the country the opposite points are located in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
13. The Japanese intestines contain unique microbes that allow them to process carbohydrates seaweed, used to prepare sushi, is much better than that of people of other nationalities.
14. The name of Russia does not come from the root “ros-” or “rus-” in all languages. For example, in Latvia it is called Krievija from the Krivichi tribe, who neighbored the ancient Latvians in the east. Another ancient tribe - the Wends - gave the name to Russia in the Estonian (Venemaa) and Finnish (Venäja) languages. The Chinese call our country Elos and can shorten it to simply E, but the Vietnamese read the same hieroglyph as Nga, and call Russia that way.
15. According to legend, Robin Hood took from the rich and distributed the loot to the poor. However, the nickname Hood does not mean “good” at all, as it might seem at first glance, because in English it is written Hood and translates as “hood, hide with a hood” (which is a traditional element of Robin Hood’s clothing).
16. Almost all words in the Russian language starting with the letter “a” are borrowed. There are very few nouns of Russian origin starting with “a” in modern speech - these are the words “alphabet”, “az” and “maybe”.
17. The tea bag was invented by American Thomas Sullivan in 1904 by accident. He decided to send tea to customers in silk bags instead of traditional tin cans. However, customers thought that they were offered a new way - to brew tea directly in these bags, and found this method very convenient.



18. The signature recipe of one American restaurant where George Crum worked in 1853 was French fries. One day, a customer returned fried potatoes to the kitchen, complaining that they were “too thick.” Krum, deciding to play a trick on him, cut the potatoes literally paper-thin and fried them. Thus, he invented chips, which became the restaurant's most popular dish.
19. When someone leaves without saying goodbye, we use the expression “left in English.” Although in the original this idiom was invented by the British themselves, and it sounded like “to take French leave”. She appeared during the period Seven Years' War in the 18th century, in mockery of French soldiers who left their unit without permission. At the same time, the French copied this expression, but in relation to the British, and in this form it became entrenched in the Russian language.
20. During the occupation, the French singer Edith Piaf performed in prisoner-of-war camps in Germany, after which she took souvenir photographs with them and German officers. Then in Paris, the faces of the prisoners of war were cut out and pasted into false documents. Piaf went to the camp on a return visit and secretly smuggled these passports, with which some prisoners managed to escape.
21. Emperor Nicholas I did not like music and, as a punishment for officers, gave them a choice between the guardhouse and listening to Glinka's operas.
22. Goats, sheep, mongooses and octopuses have rectangular pupils.
23. In Krylov’s fable “The Dragonfly and the Ant” there are the lines: “The jumping dragonfly sang the red summer.” However, the dragonfly is not known to make sounds. The fact is that at that time the word “dragonfly” served as a general name for several types of insects. And the hero of the fable is actually a grasshopper.
24. Georgy Millyar played almost all the evil spirits in Soviet fairy-tale films, and every time he was given complex makeup. Millyar hardly needed him only for the role of Kashchei the Immortal. The actor was naturally thin; in addition, during World War II, he contracted malaria while being evacuated to Dushanbe, turning into a living skeleton weighing 45 kilograms.



25. To successfully master the difficult phrase “I love you,” the British can use the mnemonic Yellow-blue bus.
26. Once a year, the sea parts between two islands in the South Korean county of Jindo, revealing a passage 2 km long and 40 m wide. Within an hour local residents and tourists, many of whom associate this phenomenon with the biblical parable about the waters of the Red Sea parting for Moses, walk along the opened land and collect seafood delicacies that have fallen into this trap.
27. Leonid Gaidai was drafted into the army in 1942 and first served in Mongolia, where he trained horses for the front. One day a military commissar came to the unit to recruit reinforcements. active army. To the officer’s question: “Who’s in the artillery?” - Gaidai replied: “I am!” He also answered other questions: “Who is in the cavalry?”, “In the navy?”, “In reconnaissance?”, which displeased the boss. “Just wait, Gaidai,” said the military commissar, “Let me read out the whole list.” Later, the director adapted this episode for the film “Operation “Y” and other adventures of Shurik.”
28. In the 1970s, the Swedish capital Stockholm had a municipal service dog, Siv Gustavson, who could bark in a large number of ways, corresponding to different breeds dogs. Her job was to bark on city streets to get dogs to bark in response. In this way, she collected information about houses whose owners did not pay dog ​​tax.
29. American girl Brooke Greenberg, born in 1993, is still a baby in her physical and mental parameters. Her height is 76 cm, weight is 7 kg, her teeth are baby. Doctors' tests showed that there are no mutations in her genes responsible for aging. However, scientists do not lose hope that with the help of new research from this girl, they will come closer to understanding the causes of human aging.
30. Henri Matisse's painting "The Boat" was exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1961. Only after 40 days did someone notice that the painting was hanging upside down.



31. The production costs of all Russian coins up to and including 5 rubles exceed the face value of these coins. For example, the cost of minting a 5-kopeck coin is 71 kopecks.
32. Nurse Violet Jessop survived when the HMHS Britannic hit a German mine in 1916 and the lifeboat she boarded for evacuation was sucked under a spinning propeller. Four years earlier, the same nurse was on board the Titanic - a ship of the same class and of the same company - and also managed to survive. And in 1911, Vilett was on board the “big brother” of these two liners, the Olympic, when it collided with the cruiser Hawk, although no one was injured in that accident.
33. Vietnamese Thai Ngoc, born in 1942, has not slept for more than 30 years. He lost his desire to sleep in 1973 after suffering a bout of fever. The press has repeatedly reported that Thai Ngoc does not experience any discomfort or illness due to lack of sleep, but several years ago he admitted that he “feels like a plant without water.”
34. Swedish King Gustav III once decided to personally check what was more harmful to humans - tea or coffee. For this purpose, two twins sentenced to death were selected. The first was given a large cup of tea three times a day, the second - coffee. The king himself did not live to see the end of the experiment, being killed. The twins lived a long time, but the one who drank tea was the first to die at the age of 83.
35. April 1, 2010 UK online retailer computer games GameStation included in the user agreement, which buyers must read before making a payment, a clause according to which the buyer also gives his soul for eternal use to the store. As a result, 7,500 people, or 88% of total number users have agreed to this clause. This showed how easily the vast majority of users who don't read such documents can legally agree to a seller's most insane demand.
36. The novel about the adventures of Robinson Crusoe has a sequel in which the hero is shipwrecked off the coast South-East Asia and is forced to get to Europe through all of Russia. In particular, he waits out the winter in Tobolsk for 8 months.
37. Journalists from The Daily Telegraph named Croatian Frane Selak the luckiest person in the world. The first time luck smiled at him was in 1964, when a train derailed and fell into the river. 17 people died, but Frane managed to swim ashore. Then the following incidents happened to Frane: he fell into a haystack from an airplane during the flight of which the door swung open, killing 19 people; swam ashore after a bus fell into the river; got out of a car that suddenly caught fire a few seconds before the gas tank exploded; escaped with bruises after being hit by a bus; crashed in a car mountain road, managing to jump out and catch on a tree. Finally, in 2003, Frane bought for the first time in his life lottery ticket and won £600 thousand.



38. On December 9, 1708, Peter I issued a decree on how to treat his superiors: “A subordinate in front of his superiors should look dashing and foolish, so as not to embarrass his superiors with his understanding.”
39. Korney Chukovsky's real name was Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneychukov.
40. If you travel in the Moscow metro towards the city center, stations will be announced in a male voice, and when moving from the center - in a female voice. On the Circle Line, a man's voice can be heard when moving clockwise, and a woman's voice can be heard counterclockwise. This was done to make it easier for blind passengers to navigate.
41. In the era of black-and-white television, red filters were often used in cameras, causing red lipstick to make lips look pale on television screens. Therefore, announcers and actresses were made up with green blush and lipstick.
42. Alexandre Dumas once took part in a duel where the participants drew lots, and the loser had to shoot himself. The lot went to Dumas, who retired to the next room. A shot rang out, and then Dumas returned to the participants with the words: “I shot, but missed.”
43. The island of Barbados got its name from the Portuguese explorer Pedro Campos, who saw many fig trees growing there, entwined with beard-like epiphytes. Barbados means "bearded" in Portuguese.
44. In 1910, a criminal sentenced to execution shouted into the crowd: “Drink Van Hutten’s cocoa!” in exchange for a substantial sum from the cocoa producer for the heirs. This phrase hit all the newspapers, and sales increased sharply.
45. South African law allows any degree of self-defense if we're talking about about a threat to human life or property. To protect cars from theft, traps, stun guns and even flamethrowers are popular here.
46. According to popular belief, kangaroos and emus cannot walk backwards. That is why these animals are depicted on the coat of arms of Australia as a symbol of forward movement and progress.
47. Max Factor, a world-famous cosmetics company, was founded by Maximilian Faktorowicz, who was born in 1877 in Poland, which was then part of Russian Empire. He opened his first store in the city of Ryazan, gradually achieved the status of supplier to the royal family, and in 1904 emigrated to the USA.



48. The Lord of the Rings trilogy generated a lot of income in New Zealand, where filming took place. The New Zealand government even created the position of Minister for The Lord of the Rings Affairs, who was supposed to resolve all emerging economic issues.
49. The American extravagant writer Timothy Dexter wrote a book in 1802 with very peculiar language and the absence of any punctuation. In response to reader outcry, in the second edition of the book he added a special page with punctuation marks, asking readers to arrange them in the text to their liking.
50. An ordinary book of a standard format of 500 pages cannot be crushed, even if you put 15 cars loaded with coal on it.
51. Pushkin was a master of sarcastic impromptu. When he was still a chamberlain, Pushkin once appeared before a high-ranking official who was lying on the sofa and yawning from boredom. When the young poet appeared, the high-ranking official did not even think about changing his position. Pushkin gave the owner of the house everything he needed and wanted to leave, but was ordered to speak impromptu. Pushkin squeezed out through his teeth: “Children on the floor - smart people on the sofa.” The person was disappointed with the impromptu: “Well, what’s so witty here - children on the floor, smart guy on the sofa? I can’t understand... I expected more from you.” Pushkin was silent, and the high-ranking official, repeating the phrase and moving the syllables, finally came to the following result: “The half-smart kid is on the couch.” After the meaning of the impromptu came to the owner, Pushkin was immediately and indignantly thrown out the door.





52. Apples help you wake up in the morning better than coffee.
53. During migration, storks can periodically fall asleep without falling to the ground for up to ten minutes. A tired stork moves to the center of the school, closes its eyes and dozes off, and its heightened hearing helps it maintain the direction and altitude of its flight at this time.
54. Khrushchev’s famous phrase “I’ll show you Kuzka’s mother!” at the UN Assembly it was translated literally - “Kuzma’s mother”. The meaning of the phrase was completely incomprehensible and this made the threat take on a completely ominous character. Subsequently, the expression “Kuzka’s mother” was also used to refer to atomic bombs THE USSR.
55. The Cuban poet Julian del Casal, whose poems were distinguished by deep pessimism, died of laughter. He was having dinner with friends, one of whom told a joke. The poet began to have an attack of uncontrollable laughter, which caused aortic dissection, bleeding and sudden death.
56. When developing the Pobeda car, it was planned that the name of the car would be “Motherland”. Having learned about this, Stalin ironically asked: “Well, how much will we have a Motherland?” Therefore, the name was changed to “Victory”.
57. Tsetse flies attack any moving warm object, even a car. The exception is the zebra, which the fly perceives as just a flickering of black and white stripes.
58. If the body of an adult sponge is pressed through the mesh tissue, then all the cells will separate from each other. If you then place them in water and mix them, completely destroying all the connections between them, then after some time they begin to gradually come closer together and reunite, forming a whole sponge, similar to the previous one.
59. The French writer and humorist Alphonse Allais, a quarter of a century before Kazimir Malevich, painted a black square - a painting called “The Battle of Negroes in a Cave in the Dead of Night.” He also anticipated John Cage's minimalist musical piece of only silence "4'33" by almost seventy years with his similar work "Funeral March for the Funeral of the Great Deaf Man."
60. Panther is not a separate animal, but the name of a biological genus, which includes four species: lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars. The term “panther” is often used to refer to large black cats - this is a genetic variant of the coloration of leopards or jaguars, a manifestation of melanism.



61. A person cannot laugh by tickling himself. This is prevented by the cerebellum, which is responsible for the sensations caused by one’s own movements and sends commands to other parts of the brain to ignore these sensations. An exception to this rule may be tickling the palate with the tongue.
62. You can distinguish herbivorous animals from predators by the location of their eyes. Predators have eyes on the front of their snout, allowing them to precisely focus on their prey while tracking and chasing. In herbivores, the eyes are usually located on different sides of the muzzle, which increases the radius of vision for early detection of danger from a predator. Exceptions include monkeys, which have binocular vision and are not predators.
63. French writer Guy de Maupassant was one of those who was irritated by the Eiffel Tower. Nevertheless, he dined at her restaurant every day, explaining that this was the only place in Paris from which the tower could not be seen.
64. Sofya Kovalevskaya became acquainted with mathematics in early childhood, when there was not enough wallpaper for her room, instead of which sheets with Ostrogradsky’s lectures on differential and integral calculus were pasted.
65. The driest place on Earth is not the Sahara or any other known desert, but an area in Antarctica called the Dry Valleys. These valleys are almost completely free of ice and snow, as moisture evaporates under the influence of powerful winds reaching speeds of 320 km/h. In some areas of this area there has been no rain for two million years.



66. For a long time It was believed that ancient Greek sculptures made of white marble were originally colorless. However, recent research by scientists has confirmed the hypothesis that the statues were painted in a wide range of colors, which eventually disappeared under prolonged exposure to light and air.
67. When Pablo Picasso was born, the midwife considered him stillborn. The child was saved by his uncle, who was smoking cigars and, seeing the baby lying on the table, blew smoke in his face, after which Pablo began to roar. Thus, we can say that smoking saved Picasso's life.
68. Previously, an alternative name for the constellation was common in Rus' Ursa Major together with the Polar Star - A horse on hold (meaning a grazing horse tied with a rope to a peg). And the Polar Star, accordingly, was called the Funny Star.
69. Scientists still have not figured out what physiological reason yawning process. There are several theories: for example, that when yawning a person receives a large portion of oxygen when there is a lack of it in the body, or that in this way an overheated brain “resets” its temperature, but not a single theory has yet been convincingly proven. However, it has been proven that yawning is contagious. A person is more likely to yawn when he sees another person yawning, or when someone on the phone yawns. Contagious yawning has also been identified in chimpanzees.
70. According to the ancient Jewish rite, on the day of remission of sins, the high priest placed his hands on the head of the goat and thereby laid the sins of the entire people on it. The goat was then taken into the Judean desert and released. This is where the expression “scapegoat” comes from.
71. Initially, on Gogol’s grave in the monastery cemetery there was a stone nicknamed Golgotha ​​because of its resemblance to Mount Jerusalem. When they decided to destroy the cemetery, during reburial in another place they decided to install a bust of Gogol on the grave. And that same stone was subsequently placed on Bulgakov’s grave by his wife. In this regard, Bulgakov’s phrase, which he repeatedly addressed to Gogol during his lifetime, is noteworthy: “Teacher, cover me with your overcoat.”
72. Spiral staircases in the towers of medieval castles were built in such a way that they were climbed clockwise. This was done so that in the event of a siege of the castle, the defenders of the tower would have an advantage during hand-to-hand combat, since the most powerful blow right hand can only be applied from right to left, which was inaccessible to attackers. There is only one castle with a reverse twist - the fortress of the Counts Wallenstein, since most of the men of this kind were left-handed.
73. If powerful lightning strikes the surface of the earth, it can leave its mark - a hollow glass tube called fulgurite. Such a tube consists of melted by action electric current silica (or sand) lightning. Fulgurites can go several meters deep into the earth, although due to their fragility it is very difficult to dig them out completely.



74. In the 17th and 18th centuries in England there was a position of royal uncorker of ocean bottles with letters. Anyone else who opened the bottles on their own faced the death penalty.
75. Not only does a tiger have striped fur, but it also has striped skin underneath.
76. During the rapid development of dentistry in the 17th to 19th centuries, one of the most popular sources for artificial teeth were the teeth of those killed on the battlefield. The brand “Waterloo Teeth” went down in history for the special quality of the material, because many young soldiers with healthy teeth died in that battle.
77. The expressiveness of Elizabeth Taylor's gaze was explained not only by her natural charm, but also by a rare genetic mutation - the actress had a double row of eyelashes.
78. In one of the first editions explanatory dictionary Ozhegova decided not to include the names of city residents, so as not to further increase its size. An exception was made only for the word “Leningrader,” but not as a sign of special respect for the residents of Leningrad. It was simply necessary to separate the words “lazy” and “Leninist”, which stood side by side, so as not to discredit the image of young Leninists.
79. The artist Vladislav Koval sent letters to his family while studying in Moscow. At the same time, he did not stick stamps on the envelopes, but drew them, and all the letters arrived in this form. When the Ministry of Press announced a competition for sketches of new stamps, student Koval brought a pack of envelopes to the organizers and became the winner.
80. It is generally accepted that Napoleon was very vertically challenged- 157 cm. This figure is obtained if converted to metric system measuring 5 feet 2 inches. However, at that time the feet were not only English; in almost every country the feet were different. Converted from French feet, Napoleon's height is 169 cm and is average for his era.
81. The Bengal ficus tree is distinguished by a special life form called banyan. On large horizontal branches of an adult tree, aerial roots, growing down. Growing to the ground, they take root in it and become new trunks. In this way, a banyan tree can grow over an area of ​​several hectares.



82. When giving birth, a giraffe falls to the ground from almost two meters in height.
83. Tyutelka is a diminutive of the dialect tyutya (“blow, hit”), the name for an accurate hit with an ax in the same place during carpentry work. Today to designate high precision The expression “tightly fit” is used.
84. There is a widespread legend that the thought of periodic table chemical elements came to Mendeleev in a dream. One day he was asked if this was true, to which the scientist replied: “I’ve been thinking about it for maybe twenty years, but you think: I sat there and suddenly... it’s ready.”
85. Humans and animals need ears not only for hearing. The inner ear also contains an organ that is responsible for the balance of the body.
86. On Stevens Island in New Zealand, back in the 19th century, there lived a population of flightless birds - New Zealand wrens. In 1894, the lighthouse keeper's cat on this island completely exterminated all representatives of this species. When the caretaker provided the bird carcasses to the scientists, they compiled the first scientific description species, and immediately declared it extinct.
87. Giordano Bruno was burned by the Catholic Church not for scientific (namely support of the Copernican heliocentric theory), but for anti-Christian and anti-church views (for example, the statement that Christ performed imaginary miracles and was a magician).
88. During World War II, Oscar statuettes were made from plaster.
89. John Rockefeller Jr. was the only son of the famous billionaire, surrounded by four sisters. The children were brought up in austerity and economy, and John wore his sisters’ dresses until he was eight years old. Later, he did not hide this fact, but, on the contrary, was proud of it, considering this approach an important component of the family’s prosperity.
90. After the completion of the Winter Palace, the entire area was filled up construction waste. Emperor Peter III decided to get rid of it in an original way - he ordered it to be announced to the people that anyone could take anything they wanted from the square, and for free. After a few hours, all the debris was cleared.



91. The expression “after the rain on Thursday” arose due to distrust of Perun, Slavic god thunder and lightning, the day of which was Thursday. Prayers to him often did not achieve their goal, so they began to talk about the impossible, that this would happen after the rain on Thursday.
92. For a long time, the value of coins was equivalent to the amount of metal they contained. In this regard, there was a problem - scammers cut small pieces of metal from the edges to make new coins from them. A solution to the problem was proposed by Isaac Newton, who was also an employee of the British Royal Mint. His idea was very simple - to cut small lines into the edges of the coin, because of which the hewed edges would be immediately noticeable. This part of the coins is designed in this way to this day and is called the edge.
93. Whales, dolphins and other cetaceans are also called secondary aquatic: their ancestors, in the process of evolution, first left the water and then returned there again.
94. In public libraries in medieval Europe, books were chained to the shelves. Such chains were long enough to remove a book from the shelf and read, but did not allow the book to be taken out of the library. This practice was widespread until the 18th century, due to the great value of each copy of the book.
95. Female great red kangaroos can mate at any time of the year and are usually constantly pregnant. However, they have the ability to delay the birth of a baby while another newborn is still growing in the pouch and cannot leave it. They usually resort to such freezing of embryo development in case of unfavorable conditions. external conditions, for example, drought. Also, females of this species of kangaroo can simultaneously produce milk of different fat contents for cubs of different ages.
96. The myth of a hedgehog storing apples and mushrooms was invented by Pliny the Elder. According to him, the hedgehog can “deliberately” grab grapes, and in some cases, apples. In reality, a hedgehog is physically unable to ride on its back while piercing fruits.



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1. Every day, 12 newborns fall into the hands of the wrong parents due to the fault of medical personnel.
2. 99% off total mass solar system is in .
3. There are 32 muscles in a cat's ear, thanks to which the animal can move it in different directions.
4. Surprisingly, without a head, a cockroach can live for another 2 weeks!
5. In Taiwan, scientists have developed dishes made from wheat. Therefore, after eating the main course, you can safely eat the plate.
6. In order for a tanker loaded with oil to come to a complete stop, it must brake for 20 minutes.
7. With its half-meter long tongue, a giraffe can clean its own ears.
8. A giraffe can live without water longer than a camel.
9. A person busy with any activity loses about 4 liters of fluid per day.
10. Interestingly, the smallest bird weighs less than a coin.
11. Jellyfish are 95% composed of . This is why they are so transparent.
12. And this is a very interesting fact. A jet plane has to use 4000 liters of fuel to take off!
13. The record holder is Charles Osborne, who suffered from this disease for about 6 years.
14. An interesting fact is that a mole is able to dig a 9 m long tunnel in just one night.
15. A funny incident happened in the USA, in the state of Indiana: authorities arrested a monkey for smoking in a public place.
16. According to scientific research, pigs can experience orgasm within 30 minutes.
17. Women in Saudi Arabia are legally allowed to divorce their spouses if they refuse to give them .
18. An interesting fact is that sharks are the only animals that can blink with both eyes.
19. Sharks are so sensitive to presence in the water that they can detect one gram in 100 thousand liters.
20. When a skunk senses danger to its life, it can spread a stinking odor within a radius of 10 m. Perhaps this is the most unpleasant-smelling animal.
21. In 1845, a very interesting law was adopted. According to him, a person attempting to commit suicide would face hanging.
22. An interesting fact is that 25% of Los Angeles is occupied by vehicles.
23. slept on stone pillows. I just wonder why?
24. It is believed that the average person laughs 15 times a day.
25. Iguanas can swim underwater for half an hour.
26. It's funny, but an ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.
27. Among animals, only armadillos suffer from leprosy.
28. Armadillos always have only 4 children, and all of them are born of only one sex.
29. Did you know that babies are born without kneecaps? They are formed only 2 years after birth.
30. If a Barbie doll were 175 cm tall, then her proportions would be as follows: 39-23-33 cm; despite the fact that the generally accepted ideal is the ratio 90-60-90.
31. When the bats When flying out of caves, they always turn left.
32. In the tiny state of Nauru, the main export product is poultry manure.
33. Chewing gum contains rubber.
34. Camel milk does not sour or curdle.
35. can make about 100 different sounds, and no more than 10.
36. Every year, people buy food for dogs and cats totaling $7 billion. This is one of the most interesting facts.
37. Did you know that dolphins always sleep with one eye open?
38. In Paraguay, dueling is officially permitted, provided that both duelists are blood donors.
    
39. The most famous scientist of the 20th century could not speak clearly until he was 9 years old.
40. Before sitting down to compose his compositions, he dipped his head in ice water.
41. Giraffes do not have vocal cords.
42. Incredibly, bees grow hair in front of their eyes!
43. According to Bangladeshi law, a student can go to jail for cheating in exams.
44. Half of Kentuckians who marry for the first time are teenagers.
45. Due to the lack of gravity, astronauts are physically unable to cry. The most interesting thing is that the need for this still arises periodically even in .
46. You can buy wigs for dogs.
47. Once upon a time in Iceland, the law prohibited citizens from keeping dogs.
48. There was a time when residents of Switzerland were prohibited from slamming car doors.
49. In Kansas, people are prohibited from fishing with their bare hands.
50. It has been scientifically proven that a person cannot sneeze with his eyes open. Although many probably continue to check this statement.
51. When Kotex began, it produced bandages, not personal care products.
52. The Great One is the creator of scissors.
53. Every second, 100 lightning strikes can be seen in the world. The most interesting thing is that they are not amenable to statistics, since their nature has not yet been studied.
    
54. In fact, banknotes are not made of paper, as many people believe, but of cotton. That's why they don't spoil for so long. By the way, .
55. An interesting fact is that more people die in donkey riding than in plane crashes. We have already talked about.
56. Out of two billion people, only one manages to live to be 116 years old.
57. Mosquitoes have teeth.
58. Scientists have long noticed that cows produce much more milk when classical music is played to them.
59. Did you know that most of the dust in homes comes from dead skin cells?
60. Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
61. Few people know that 25% of all human bones are in his legs. All the most interesting things about musculoskeletal system man we told.
62. Only half of American citizens know that the sun is a star.
63. have been the same size since birth. But the ears and nose grow until death.
64. Dynamite contains peanut extract.
65. Surprisingly, the clumsy penguins can jump up to 2 m in height. By the way, read about and watch the most terrible footage of this ritual.
66. If you give deer bananas, they will happily eat them.
67. Scientists managed to prove an interesting fact. It turns out that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
    
68. Sigmund Freud was terrified of ferns.
69. Slugs have four noses. This is probably someone who knows how to “breathe deeply”!
70. Interestingly, a cat falling from the 20th floor is more likely to survive than if it fell from the 10th.
71. It takes the average person 7 minutes to fall asleep.
72. The author of the electric chair was a simple dentist. Still, there is something sadistic about them.
73. Among all mammals, only elephants cannot jump. Pay attention - you will learn a lot of new things.
74. Green grasshoppers hear sounds thanks to holes located on their hind legs.
75. One day, an employee of one enterprise, passing by the radar, noticed that the chocolate in his pocket had melted. Thanks to this ridiculous accident, the microwave oven was invented.
76. Muhammad is the most common name on the planet.
77. The Greek hymn consists of 158 verses, but it is very difficult to find those who know them by heart ().
    
78. The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly.
79. The donkey's eyes are placed in such a way that all 4 legs are always in its field of vision.
80. Among insects, only the praying mantis can turn its head.
81. The first bomb dropped on Berlin during World War II killed only one elephant.
82. The expression in chess “Checkmate” translated from Persian means “the king is dead.”
83. There are approximately the same number of chickens on the planet as there are people.
84. Tigers not only have striped fur, but also their skin itself.
85. To free yourself from the jaws of a crocodile, you should “simply” press your fingers on its eyes. The most interesting thing is that you are unlikely to remember this fact if you fall into a crocodile’s mouth.
86. Snakes have this strange pathology where they are born with two heads. But the most interesting thing is that both heads of the mutant snake behave not like one animal, but like two: they fight for food, snatching prey from each other.
87. All windmills rotate counterclockwise, and only in Ireland the opposite happens.
88. A man's heart beats slower than a woman's.
89. There are about 300 bones in a baby's body, but as they grow older, only 206 remain (more on that).
    
90. The human heart beats about 100,000 times per day.

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