In this collection of interesting and incredible facts, we have collected for you the most interesting, unexpected, informative and funny facts from around the world.

Morocco- the only country in the world where, due to lack of grass, goats climb trees and graze there in whole herds, feasting on the fruits of argan, a tree from whose nuts a fragrant place is made.

We may change jobs, spouses, or religions, but until we change inside, we will attract the same people and the same circumstances.

April 11, 1909. About a hundred people cast lots to equally share the 12 acres of purchased sand dunes. Then it becomes Tel Aviv.

In this photo, a rally of Hitler's supporters, which was in 1937.

Rally of Hitler's supporters - 1937

No rally in the history of mankind gathered such a number of people. After 8 years (in the 45th) they will say that they never supported the ideas of Hitler.

Saint Petersburg
The only European capital that has never, in any period of history, been captured by the enemy.

For the cartoon "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Walt Disney was awarded a special award in 1937. "Oscar"- one large figurine and seven small ones.

In 1975, Academician Sakharov received the Nobel Peace Prize.
That is, the man who invented the hydrogen bomb received the Peace Prize named after the man who invented dynamite... Peace to the world.

The executioner bird impales mice on the thorns of the bush, thus making provisions for a rainy day.

The English Mastiff is the largest dog in existence today. ancient English Great Dane breed, the largest Great Dane in Europe and the largest of mastiffs.

The smallest private library in the world is owned by Hungarian Jozsef Tari and consists of more than 4,500 items.

If a person under the influence of hypnosis is informed that a cigarette is touched to his hand, the brain will send impulses and burn marks will appear on the hand on its own.

Helicopter flights are banned over Antarctica as short-necked penguins try to look at them and fall down like dominoes.

A box with the blood of poets, 1965-1968.
In 1965 Eleonora Antin (conceptual artist) started collecting blood samples and in 3 years she collected samples of 100 poets.
Jean Cocteau inspired her to do this with his film “The Blood of a Poet” in 1935.
Among the poets who donated their blood were such personalities as Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jerome Rothenberg and others. This box is now in the Tate Gallery (American Foundation). Hence the question. For what?

Monument to a woman's handbag, Italy
The sculpture was first presented in Italy at the exhibition “Thoughts. Space. Dialogue between nature and imagination”, Piedmont in the province of Cuneo, in 2013. Women's handbag is a very important piece of clothing. Psychologists say that a handbag can determine the character, hobbies and much more about its owner.

King's chair keeper
It was the most coveted and honorary position at the court of monarchs. The duties of this courtier included nothing more than wiping the royal buttocks after fulfilling natural needs. Oddly enough, but the keepers had great power at court, and the expression "licking the ass" began to mean: "moving up the career ladder."

Until the 20th century, the position of Groom of the King's Close Stool was highly valued at the British court. He was a courtier, responsible for assisting the monarch in the implementation of natural needs. Given the fact that the body of the king was considered almost sacred, only representatives of noble blood could touch it. It is worth noting that the lords and earls became the Keepers of the royal chair very willingly, despite the fact that they literally had to wipe the king's ass.

Under King George III, his courtier, John Stewart, Earl of Bute, performed his duties in the dressing room so well that he rose to the rank of Prime Minister of England.

There are so many amazing things in the world that we never stop being amazed. We invite you to read the most interesting facts about everything in the world. We have many of them.

funny

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

3. In Austria there is a village called Fucking. All road signs in it are made of cement. This is necessary so that the signs do not steal.

5. Until 2008, there was a ban on toasters in Havana.

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 at the same time reaches -200 ° C. By the way, Neptune is included in.

8. Wombats poop in cubes.

9. 8 out of 10 people, when they eat gummy figurines, first bite off the head of the figurine.

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 like a cup of tea.

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

13. The Eskimos have refrigerators, but they need them so that the food does not freeze.

14. In Parliament Square, the statue of Winston Churchill is under electric shock. This is necessary so that the pigeons do not sit 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 the radio wave propagates easily in air and with difficulty in water.

18. Brazil nuts contain so much radiation that if you carry them into a nuclear power plant, an alarm goes off there.

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

From the history

20. The Spanish Inquisition had to give 30 days' notice of its arrival.

22. Winston Churchill was the worst student in the first grade.

23. At the end of the 19th century, it was customary to give the 21st anniversary of 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 immersed in horse dung.

25. Democracy in ancient Greece lasted 185 years.

26. When Gillette launched their razors in 1903, they were only able to sell 168 pieces.

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 with a hammer.

29. The secret password that the President of the United States had to enter in order to launch a nuclear missile was 00000000. This password was valid from 1960 to 1977.

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

31. 99% of history man has been a hunter-gatherer.

33. The battery charge on the first mobile phones was enough for 20 minutes.

Some numbers

34. 40% of humanity has not lived on the planet for a year.

35. 10% of the photos were taken in the last year.

36. Half of NASA employees are dyslexic.

37. In the UK, 98% of houses are covered with carpets, and in Italy - only 2%.

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

39. There are 6900 languages ​​in the world, but 50% of the population uses only 20 of them.

40. There are 300 earthquakes in the UK a year, 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 crime than actually happens.

43. The US population is only 5% of the entire globe, but 25% of prisoners worldwide are Americans.

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

45. Contains 10,000 times more photos than the US Library of Congress.

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

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We picked very interesting short facts that you didn't know about:

Wrigley's chewing gum was the first barcoded product.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by reducing the number of olives in first class salads by one.

It takes an average person 7 minutes to fall asleep.

— The moth has no stomach.

- The easiest way to distinguish a vegetarian animal from a predator: predators have eyes located on the front of the muzzle to see the prey. Vegetarians - on both sides of the head to see the enemy.

- Chimpanzees are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

There is a city of Rome on every continent.

- By 2080, the world population will be about 15 billion people.

There are no transparent windows in the casino. Only decorative.

Dentists recommend keeping your toothbrush at least two meters away from the toilet.

Michael Jordan earns more money from advertising Nike sneakers than all employees of this company in Malaysia.

— The violin consists of about 70 different wooden parts.

- There are 1,792 steps leading to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

For men's shirts, the buttons are on the right, for women's - on the left.

- Dolphins and whales can swim in their sleep and even travel considerable distances. This is due to the fact that their brain hemispheres sleep in turn, and not simultaneously, as in humans.

The Bible is the best-selling book in the world.

- The growth of Peter the Great was approximately 213 cm.

“Only one person in two billion can live to be 116 or older.

Money is not made of paper, it is made of cotton.

The eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain.

- Mosquito repellers (repellants) do not scare anyone away, they just hide you from the mosquito senses.

They make an attentive observer think about this, be surprised at the diversity of life, or laugh properly.

But in the bustle of everyday troubles, we sometimes do not notice these things. Do you want to expand your horizons?

We are offering to you interesting facts from life which will definitely cheer you up and teach you to look at the world around you in a new way.

1. According to statistics, chronic alcoholics live 15 years longer than 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 impairment than brown-eyed and gray-eyed people.
4. Brown-eyed people are more adapted to everyday difficulties.
5. An interesting fact of life: the more often a man makes love, the lower his risk of a heart attack. Consider this a guide to action! Unfortunately, this does not apply to women.
6. In the morning we are about 1 centimeter taller. During the day, the joints are compressed, which makes us a little lower in the evening.
7. No person in the world can sneeze with their eyes open. Want to check it out? Please! Just don't do it while driving. According to statistics, 2% of all accidents occur due to the fact that the driver sneezed and lost his vigilance for a couple of seconds.
8. Women speak 13,000 more words per day than men. All men will agree with this fact, but women may be outraged!
9. Interestingly, in a cold bedroom, nightmares are more common.
10. Swearing can dull the pain for a while. Probably, Russian builders feel it on an intuitive level!
11. The more you overeat, the worse your hearing gets.
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 are twice as many hairs on a woman's head!
14. If a woman periodically listens to an audio recording of a baby crying, her breasts can increase by 2 centimeters in a week.
15. There is a small pocket on men's jeans that designers came up with in order to hide a condom there. In fact, it is designed for hours. Recommended reading.
16. The best cleaner for kettles, bathtubs, toilets and ovens is regular Coca-Cola!
17. Unpainted Coca-Cola is green.
    
18. Flavored cigarettes contain urea.
19. The timbre of the voice of women who work in a male team is much lower than that of ladies 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 take it into service as an argument!
21. It is more convenient for left-handers to chew food with the left side of the 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. Many horses are called a herd. A large group of sheep - a flock. But when there are a lot of frogs - this is ... an army! At least that's what zoologists call them.
25. A 4-5 year old child asks about 400 questions a day.
26. Fear of Friday the 13th is considered a disease and is successfully cured by psychotherapists.
27. A clear fact from life: the average person eats 35 tons of food in a lifetime.
28. Turtles can breathe through their anus.
29. OK (okay) is the most frequently used word in most languages ​​of the world.
30. 95% of emails sent by email are spam.
31. A champagne cork can jump up to a height of 12 meters.
32. Interestingly, in the entire history of the Earth, there were no two identical snowflakes. However, like people. Even twins have slight differences.
    
33. In 2 years, a pair of rats can give birth to more than a million cubs. For comparison, a domestic cat gives birth to no more than 100 kittens in a lifetime.
34. The first president, George Washington, in his spare time loved to admire the lush cannabis bushes that grew in his garden.
35. Do not microwave grapes or they will explode!
36. The cow is not able to go down the stairs.
37. Incredible, but true: the largest eyes on Earth belong to a giant (colossal) squid. They are about the size of a soccer ball.
38. Humpback whales scream louder than all animals on Earth. The cry of these mammals is louder than the roar of an airplane and is heard in the open ocean for more than 500 kilometers.
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. The nostrils of a shark are an organ of smell, but not of breathing. Sharks breathe with 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 the IQ test) was ... a housewife.
45. Over 1,000 people die each year from lightning strikes.
46. Initially, cologne was used to treat the plague.
47. Koalas sleep 22 hours a day. Eh!..
    
48. Domestic injuries and heart attacks peak 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 fact is terrible, despite the fact that it is about life. Some sharks eat their siblings while still in the womb. Truly, the fittest survive!
52. Contrary to popular belief, anteaters do not eat ants. Their main food is termites.
53. The Indians 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 the intentions of the owners. Pay attention to .
56. The heart of a shrimp is located in the head, in the back of the head. Nearby are the genitals.
57. The tongue of a giraffe reaches a length of up to half a meter.
58. Blue can not breathe for 2 hours.
59. Surprisingly, it is a fact: the female nightingale cannot sing.
60. A postage stamp contains one tenth of a calorie.
61. Tongue prints, like fingerprints, are unique and unrepeatable.
62. Purple clothes are worn as a sign of mourning in Turkey. In all other Muslim countries, white is considered mourning.
63. In the late 19th century, cocaine was used to treat insomnia and the common cold.
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, it was only possible to buy vodka in Russia in a 12-liter bucket. People knew the measure once! By the way, we recommend reading where we have put together a very interesting selection.
67. There are more color blind people among men than among women.
68. This fact from life may surprise you. The fact is that some men are terribly afraid of virgins. Psychologists call this phenomenon parthenophobia.
69. The hibernation period in snails can last 3 years.
70. Vinegar can dissolve pearls.
71. 99% of the living things that ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
72. Every day on Earth, 3 people undergo a sex change operation.

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 such collections help keep the brain in good shape and exercise memory.

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

In 1988, Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to star in the sequel to Commando. The script was reworked for the new protagonist and called "Die Hard". Thus began the rise of the career of Bruce Willis.

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

As a young man, George Clooney lived with a lazy roommate who had a cat. Once he had to wash the cat litter box for four days in a row. On the fifth day, Clooney got tired of it and he 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 caused 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 self-sufficiency in basic foodstuffs.

If you see a cloud from an atomic explosion, stretch your hand towards it and bend your thumb so that it obscures the "mushroom". If the cloud is larger than a finger, then you are in the radiation zone and you need to urgently evacuate.

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

One person tried to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), but survived. He later admitted that this "flight" completely turned his whole idea of ​​\u200b\u200blife upside down. “I suddenly realized that there is absolutely nothing in my life that could not be corrected. Except for one thing - this very jump, which I just decided on.

The first visitor to Disneyland was a college student named Dave McPherson. But at that time, he did not have time to ride on any of the rides, as he was in a hurry to go to class. But later he had a chance to more than catch up - he was given 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 arrived in 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 stairs to the top, which he did not do. Therefore, the Parisians are proud to say that although Hitler captured France, the Eiffel Tower was too tough for him.

In 2006, Claudia Mejia, a resident of the American city of Orlando, went to give birth in 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 all the limbs were amputated to the woman, the hospital replies that, they say, they cannot voice the reason, because, in this way, the rights of other patients will 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 Uzupis, which declared itself an independent republic. This republic has its own flag, its own currency, a president, a cabinet of ministers and even an army of 11 people

Once the Indian Maharaja Jai ​​Singh visited the pavilion of the Rolls-Royce company in London. One of the workers, not understanding who was in front of him, allowed himself a caustic remark that, they say, "our product is clearly beyond your means." Singh bought ten cars, brought them to India and ordered them to be used to transport 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 ranking of tennis players. The challenge was answered by the German tennis player Carsten Braasch - the 203rd racket of the world. He came to the match, refueling with beer and not really straining, beat Serena first, and then Venus with a score of 6:1 and 6:2, respectively.

Due to confusion over 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 burned down during a fire.

The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesbrough, ate a spoonful of his invention a day and assured that he felt tremendous benefits for his body from this. He lived to the age of 96.

The daughters of President John F. Kennedy donated 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.

Pink does not exist. What we see is a big scientific mystery. This color is a combination of red and purple - two opposite spectrums of the rainbow, and such a mixture in nature is impossible. In fact, certain wavelengths, when reflected, are converted in our brain to pink.

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

While the person is eating the pineapple, the pineapple is eating the 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 sores on the tongue of those who overdo it with eating these fruits.

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

Billionaire and cocaine smuggler Sal Magluta won the American National Speedboat Race three times and appeared frequently on television, although he was a wanted man. Nobody noticed anything for 6 years.

The chemical name of titin consists of 189819 characters. It will take at least three hours to pronounce it in full.

It turns out that eggs are even better kept dirty because they have a protective layer that can be washed off with water. In many countries, eggs are washed before they are sold to give them a more "tradeable" appearance, and thereby open the pores in the shell through which harmful bacteria can enter during storage.

16% of Lithuanians are immune against HIV.

There is a legend that the Orson Welles radio show "The War of the Worlds", which aired on the CBS station on October 30, 1938, was taken at face value, as a result of which more than a million inhabitants of the northeastern United States allegedly believed in the attack of the Martians and panicked. Entire families were said to have barricaded themselves with weapons in the basements of their homes, or hastily packed their belongings to leave the country. In fact, the effect was not so strong, it was just that the competitors of the CBS station were trying to compromise it as a news source.

In China, there is an organization called the Mistress Association, which brings together women who live off 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, 125,000 transistors could already be bought for the price of a grain of rice. Electronic device with 16 GB memory contains more transistors than neurons in the human head

Biotech company Pembient has learned how to 3D print "rhinoceros horns" that are genetically identical to natural ones. The company plans to sell this product to the Chinese market at a price 8 times cheaper than real horns, hoping to defeat poaching in this way.

In 2009, an expert on anti-kidnapping in Mexico was abducted in Mexico just after finishing a lecture titled "How not to get abducted in Mexico".

Abstract algebraic principles are usually only taught in college. Meanwhile, mathematicians have proven that even a five-year-old kid, 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.

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

One day, a 2.5-year-old girl named Michelle Funk fell into a river and was submerged for 66 minutes. When the rescuers lifted her to the surface, the baby had no pulse or breathing. After more than 3 hours, her blood suddenly warmed up. When the temperature reached 25 degrees Celsius, the girl came back to life and lives to this day.