What is interesting in the world for my life. Interesting facts from life

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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% of the total mass of the 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 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' area 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 bats fly 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. We told you all the most interesting things about the human musculoskeletal system.
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 ones 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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1. A mole can dig a 300-foot tunnel, always in one night.

2. A cockroach can live for several weeks without its head and will die of starvation.

3. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

4. Earth is the only planet not named after a god

5. A hard working adult produces up to 4 gallons of sweat per day.
and does not notice how most of it evaporates!

6. A hedgehog’s heart beats almost 300 times a minute!

7. A hippopotamus can open its mouth so much
that a child 4 feet tall could fit in there!

8. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

9. A blink is actually 1/100 of a second.

10. A piece of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be rolled out to the size of a tennis court.

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12. After eating, the housefly regurgitates its food and eats it again!

13. Apples are much more effective at energizing people in the morning than caffeine.

14. Bulls do not distinguish colors, and are angry with the matadors only because of the movement of the rag,
which they wave in front of their faces - it doesn’t matter whether it’s red or acid yellow!

15. Camels have three eyelids that protect them from sand flying into their eyes in the desert.

16. Cat urine glows under ultraviolet light.

17. Cats and dogs, just like people, are left-handed or right-handed.

18. Every time you lick the stamp, you consume 1/10th of a calorie!

19. Human teeth are harder than stones.

20. Human thigh bones are harder than concrete!

22. Most lipsticks contain fish scale extract.

23. No part of a dry square piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

24. One ambrosia plant can produce up to one billion pollen particles!

25. More than 10,000 thousand birds a year die due to crashing into windows!

26. More than 2,500 left-handed people die each year due to
that they use products for right-handed people!

27. Porcupines swim in the water!

28. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands so often when typing.

29. Sniffing bananas and/or green apples (sniffing, not eating!)
may help you lose weight.

30. The average weight of an iceberg is 20,000,000 tons.

31. Due to gravitational effects, a person weighs slightly less when the moon is directly above him.

32. The average person has 1,460 dreams per year.

33. The earth weighs more than 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

34. A crocodile always grows new teeth instead of old ones.

35. The longest flight of a chicken so far is 13 seconds.

36. The most used letter in English is E , and the most unused one is Q.

37. Opposite sides of the dice always add up to the number 7!

38. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny and cannot walk.

39. The location of a donkey's eyes on its head allows it to see all 4 sides at the same time!

40. The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.

41. Sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses all letters of the alphabet.

42. The US state of Florida is larger than England.

43. The Sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth.

44. All the termites in the world outweigh all the people in the world by 10 times!

45. There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

46. ​​Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

47. Windmills always spin counterclockwise. Except Irish mills!

48. Your heart beats 100,000 times a day.

49. A person is born with 300 bones, but an adult has only 206 left.

50. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only Disney figures
who have both parents, and who also do not die during the course of the film.

51. Human birth control pills also affect gorillas.

52. The mollusk has the largest penis,
than any other animal in the world in relation to its body size.

53. The lifespan of a dragonfly is 24 hours.

54. The sounds that ducks make do not echo. Nobody knows why.

55. Human nails and hair do not stop growing after death.

56. The first toilet dates back to 2000 BC.

57. A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed
It will take at least 20 minutes to stop.

58. From the age of 30, a person’s body begins to “shrink.”

59. A lion's roar can be heard from a distance of 5 miles.

60. A pregnant goldfish is called a "reproach".

63. One species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.

64. A “ten gallon” hat can hold three quarters of a gallon of water.

60. A pregnant goldfish is called a "reproach"

61. A rat can survive without water longer than a camel.

62. Rhinoceros horn is compacted hair.

63. George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

64. After the death of a person, rigor mortis begins from the head to the feet
and leaves the body in the same direction: from the head to the toes.

65. Scissors were invented by Leonardo before Vinci.

66. "Dog" is the name of a whale's penis.

67. According to the Bible Old Testament 1:20-1:22 the chicken came before the egg.

68. Actor Tommy-Lee Jones and Vice President Al Gore shared the same room at Harvard.

69. Months starting on Sundays will definitely have "Friday the 13th"

70. Actor Albert Brooks' real name is Albert Einstein.

71. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, never called his mother or wife.

72. Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

73. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was removed when it was stitched up after one operation.

74. To all officers Confederate States of Americaduring the Civil War
were given copies of the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and were ordered to carry it with them at all times.

75. An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.

76. Previously, drunkards, in order to protect themselves from the devil, clinked their cups.

77. Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows to mourn their cats.

78. Anteaters prefer termites rather than ants.

79. Medieval knights raised their visor
and thus greeted the king as he passed by.
This tradition has been adopted by modern troops when saluting.

80. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before their flight.
since bad air can ruin spacesuits.

81. Children are born without kneecaps. They only appear between 2-6 years of age.

82. The full name of the Barbie doll is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

83. The volumes of Barbie’s figure if she were alive are 39cm/23cm/33cm.

84. Bela Lugosi died during the filming of Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Director Edward D. Wood Junior hired his next of kin,
to take close-up shots. So he was able to complete the film.

85. Blondes' beards grow faster than brunettes'.

87. Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

88. Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmermann.

89. Men leave their hotel rooms tidier than women.

90. Most American car horns make an "fa" sound.

91. Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.

92. Boys with unusual names are more likely to have mental problems
than for boys with ordinary names. Girls do not have this problem.

93. Brazil got its name from the nut and only from it.

94.Bruce Lee's movements were so fast that the filmmakers
we had to SLOW DOWN the movie so we could see his movements.

95. You won't get caught in quicksand if you slowly move your body to a supine position.

96. Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have or have access to an air-raid shelter.

97. Elvis had a twin brother who died at birth
which is the reason why Elvis's middle name is Aaron - in memory of his brother.

98. The word Catgut comes from sheep, not cats :)

99.Cats can make more than 100 different sounds, while dogs can only make 10!

100. At the factory " Chrysler built the B-29, which bombed Japan.
Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot him down.
And now both companies work in the joint plant "Diamant Star", where they build cars together.

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. The stronger the 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 No. 8: After visiting a 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 No. 15: the tallest people (on average) are the inhabitants of Holland.

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.

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 “Die Hard.” 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 arm towards it and bend your thumb so that it obscures the “mushroom”. If the cloud is larger than your 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 hit 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 Trade Organization requirements. The Japanese almost never eat this rice. Most of it is 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.

There is no such thing as pink. 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'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 “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.

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 with the same voice - they were both voiced by actor and puppeteer Frank Oz.

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

5. In Japan, printing traditional manga comics uses more pulp than producing 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. The official sport of the American state of Maryland is jousting.

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.