If you are bored and have ten minutes to spare, why not read 100 of the 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 people to panic from being tickled by bird feathers.

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

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

6. On average, a woman puts so much lipstick on her lips in 5 years that if they are folded into one tube, its length will be equal to the height of a woman.

7. Herophobia is an inexplicable fear of pleasure (fun).

8. Have you heard that human saliva exceeds the boiling point of water by as much as three times.

9. If you raise the tail of a kangaroo, then he will not be able to jump.

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

11. A person in his entire life produces so much saliva that it can fill a whole pool.

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

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

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

15. You imagine that women's tampons and bikinis were invented by a man.

16. Doctors have found that on Monday a large number of people have heart attacks.

17. Beans, corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk, these foods will turn your gut upside down.

18. Hobo Spider, here is another type of spider recently discovered by scientists.

19. "Fencing on penises" is a scientific term that denotes the beginning of a mating ritual between flatworms. It consists in the one who “pricks” the other more, he won. Prize - the winner becomes a uterus.

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

21. The child of a spider is called Spiderling.

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

23. Baby octopus, born the size of a flea.

24. A duck, a sheep and a rooster were the first passengers to take to the air in a 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 didn't 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 banned in China.

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

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

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

33. Approximately 8,000 Americans are injured on musical instruments every year.

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

35. Sea otters, when sleeping, hold on to each other so as not to move away during the current.

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

38. The name of Hewlett-Packard was chosen by lot.

39. The total number of steps on the Eiffel Tower is 1665 steps.

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

41. Toothpaste "Colgate" in Spanish translates as "go and hang yourself!".

42. Pirates wear earrings because they think their eyesight will improve.

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

44. Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg corn flakes in the hope that it would reduce masturbation.

45. Octopus testicles are in his head!

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

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

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

50. Itifallophobia 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. Potato, apple and onion 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 utensils from wheat, so you can safely eat your own plate for lunch!

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

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

61. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, suffered from an allergy to carrots.

62. In California, driving licenses were seen for 6 drivers whose name was Jesus Christ.

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

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

65. Worms drink their urine.

66. Over 1,000 birds die each year from window smashing.

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 "Asshole" or "Hooker".

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

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

72. More people speak English in China than in the US.

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

74. Kleenex provided their filter fabrics for gas masks.

75. In 1998, Sony sold over 700,000 camcorders that filmed people through their clothes. These cameras had special lenses that used infrared light, which allowed them to see through multiple layers of clothing.

76. When the monkeys finish fighting, they begin to masturbate.

77. In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called "Donald McDonald" because it is easier to pronounce in Japanese, and in Singapore he is known as "Uncle McDonald".

78. American archer Matt Stutzman, who had no arms since birth, set a Guinness record and plans to compete at the Olympics.

79. Scientists in Germany have released 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. He then slept for 15 hours.

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

82. Astronauts in space can't burp.

83. Such a fruit as an avocado for birds is poison.

84. Any 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 4,000 muscles.

86. Rodent 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, an emergency landing was made and an FBI investigation was underway

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

90. Most people who read the word "yawn" 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. The ancient Romans, when they took the oath, put their hands on their heads.

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. Nearly 150 people die every year from coconuts.

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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 residents 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.

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

1. About our planet

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

2. About the plant world

• The plant cardiocrinum is so strange and rare that it is almost never described. It blooms once in a lifetime with large flowers, which take all the strength of the plant. As a result, the plant immediately dies.
• Bamboo can grow up to 75 centimeters per day.
• The tallest tree in the world today is the evergreen sequoia, which, like its relatives, has its own name Hyperion. For 700 or 800 years, it managed to grow up to 115.6 meters and continues to grow. Scientists deliberately concealed the exact location of the record holder in order to protect him from crowds of tourists.

3. About people

• A person who finds himself in an unfamiliar environment in most cases will turn right. This property of the psyche is successfully used by marketers.
• Macedonian crime reporter and journalist Vlado Taneschi was also a serial killer who often described his own crimes. But in the end, he slipped when he published information that until that moment could not be known to anyone except the killer.
• Australian truck driver Bill Morgan is a real lucky man, and not only because he survived a 14-minute clinical death after a heart attack. Shortly thereafter, he won a large sum in the lottery. The TV people decided to shoot a story about him and asked him on camera to erase the protective layer from the instant lottery ticket. And guess what - he won $250,000 again!
• 40% of people did not live to see their first birthday.
• The culture of the Australian aborigines is no younger than the ice age, so they remember the location and names of the mountains, which have been hidden under the waters of the Bass Strait for 8,000 years.

4. About food

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

5. About countries

• In 1781, among the articles of the American Confederation, an entry appeared that if Canada suddenly wanted to become part of the United States, it would be immediately accepted.
• The annual maintenance of a prisoner in a British prison costs the treasury £45,000. Isn't it easier to send him to study at Eton, which costs 1.5 times cheaper?
• Arabs write texts from right to left, but the numbers are written in the opposite direction. Therefore, when reading Arabic texts abounding in numerical data, one has to drive one's eyes here and there.
• After the division of Korea into two countries, more than 23,000 Koreans fled from north to south, and only 2 people fled in the opposite direction.

6. About the animal world

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

7. About astronauts

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

• In weightlessness, the spine of the astronauts straightens out, as a result of which, immediately after landing, they are several centimeters taller than themselves before takeoff.
• A person stops snoring in weightlessness, because weightlessness removes the load that presses down on his airways. We snore because the soft tissues of the throat and tongue sink in during sleep, especially when lying on our backs. During breathing, sunken parts of the body and emit unpleasant snoring. Astronauts can only be envied, at least during sleep!

8. About diseases

• At the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, on the 21st anniversary, it was fashionable to remove all the teeth of the birthday man and insert artificial ones.
• The inhabitants of the Kazakh village of Kalachi have a strange sleeping sickness - from time to time they plunge into a deep sleep, in which they stay up to 6 days. Recently, this disease has been associated with exposure to abandoned uranium mines.
• Having made an official visit to Australia in 1875, the king of Fiji became infected with measles, which he brought home, because of which he lost a quarter of his population.
• At the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, they tried to treat cough with heroin.

9. About society

• On average, American children see 200,000 murders on TV by the age of 18.
• Homeless people in Japan and Hong Kong have learned to use the round-the-clock mode of McDonald's and live in these catering establishments, for which they are nicknamed "Mcrefugees".
• British galleries and museums receive 7 times more visitors per year than Premier League football matches.
• If vampires existed and drank the blood of one person every day, then in 13 days the entire population of the planet would turn into vampires.
• The name of the most cruel Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has become known to the whole world. But he was also a loving father - his daughter recalled that when they had to hide from the police and freeze at night, Escobar, in order to warm his daughter, made a fire from banknotes. A night of such "heating" cost him more than 2 million dollars.

10. About sports

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• Objects resembling primitive skittles were found in an Egyptian tomb - does it mean that in the country of the pharaohs they played bowling 5200 years ago?
• In 1958, Jay Foster, who was only 8 years old, became the winner of the Jamaican Table Tennis Championship.
• One Detroit newspaper was able to determine that 68% of professional hockey players lost at least one of their teeth during their career.
• The 1920 Olympic Games in Sweden made history by producing the world's oldest Olympic champion, 72-year-old shooter Oscar Swan.

Incredible Facts

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

6. The biggest wave ever ridden was as high as 10 storey building.

7. Rumor - the fastest of feelings person.

8. Since the rotation of the Earth's axis has slowed down, daywhen dinosaurs livedlasted approximately 23 hours.

9. On Earth more plastic flamingos than real ones.

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

11. 54 million people alive today will die within a year.

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

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

14. Antarctica - the only continent where no corn is grown.

15. Lighters were invented before matches.

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

17. Best time for daytime sleep between 13:00 and 14:30 because at this time the body temperature drops.

18. Children do not taste salty until 4 months.

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

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

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

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

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

This article presents an assortment of which you probably did not know about before.

However, there may be facts familiar to you. But, as you know, "repetition is the mother of learning." So happy reading!

Here are the most interesting facts about everything.

1. Every day, 12 newborns fall into the hands of other parents, through the fault of medical personnel.
2. 99% of the total mass of the solar system is located in.
3. There are 32 muscles in the 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 utensils made from wheat. Therefore, after eating the main course, you can safely eat a 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 tongue, a giraffe can clean its own ears.
8. A giraffe can live longer without water than a camel.
9. A person engaged in any business loses about 4 liters of fluid per day.
10. Interestingly, the weight of the smallest bird is less than a coin.
11. Jellyfish are 95% made up of. That is why they are so transparent.
12. And this is a very interesting fact. A jet plane has to use 4,000 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 the mole is able to dig a tunnel 9 m long in just one night.
15. A funny incident occurred in the United States, in the state of Indiana: the authorities arrested a monkey for smoking in a public place.
16. According to scientists, pigs can experience an orgasm for 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 only sharks can blink with two eyes.
19. Sharks are so sensitive to the presence in the water that they can detect one gram in 100,000 liters.
20. When a skunk senses a danger to his life, he can spread a stinky smell 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 trying to commit suicide was waiting by hanging.
22. An interesting fact is that 25% of the area of ​​​​Los Angeles is occupied by vehicles.
23. slept on stone pillows. Interesting, but 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 the eye of an ostrich 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 the Barbie doll had a height of 175 cm, then its proportions would be as follows: 39-23-33 cm; despite the fact that the generally accepted ideal is the ratio of 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 bird droppings.
33. Chewing gum contains rubber.
34. Camel milk does not turn sour or coagulate.
35. can make about 100 different sounds, not more than 10.
36. Every year, people buy food for dogs and cats for a total of 7 billion dollars. This is one of the most interesting facts.
37. Did you know that dolphins always sleep with one eye open?
38. In Paraguay, a duel is officially allowed, provided that both duelists are blood donors.
    
39. The most famous scientist of the 20th century could not speak clearly until the age of 9.
40. Before sitting down to compose his compositions, he dipped his head in ice water.
41. Giraffes do not have vocal cords.
42. Incredibly, hair grows before the eyes of the bees!
43. Under Bangladeshi law, a student can end up in jail for cheating on 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 periodically arises even in.
46. In you can buy wigs for dogs.
47. Once upon a time in Iceland, the law forbade citizens to keep dogs.
48. There was a time when people in Switzerland were forbidden to slam car doors.
49. In Kansas, people are not allowed to fish with their bare hands.
50. It has been scientifically proven that a person cannot sneeze with their eyes open. Although many probably continue to check this statement.
51. In its early days, Kotex made bandages, not personal care products.
52. The Great One is the creator of scissors.
53. Every second, 100 lightning bolts 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 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 while riding donkeys than in plane crashes. We have already talked about.
56. Of the two billion people, only one manages to live to be 116 years old.
57. Mosquitoes have teeth.
58. Scientists have long noticed that cows give much more milk when classical music is played to them.
59. Did you know that most of the dust in your home is 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 all the most interesting about the human musculoskeletal system.
62. Only half of American citizens know that the sun is a star.
63. have the same size from birth. But the ears and nose grow until death.
64. Dynamite contains peanut extract.
65. Surprisingly, clumsy penguins can jump up to 2 m in height. By the way, read about and see the most terrible shots of this ritual.
66. If you give bananas to deer, they will eat them with pleasure.
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. That's really, probably, who knows how to "breathe deeply"!
70. Interestingly, a cat that falls from the 20th floor is more likely to survive than if it fell from the 10th.
71. The average person takes 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 to - you will learn a lot of new things.
74. Green grasshoppers hear sounds through holes located on their hind legs.
75. Once 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 only killed one elephant.
82. The expression in chess "Checkmate" in Persian means "the king is dead."
83. There are approximately the same number of chickens on the planet as people.
84. Tigers have striped not only fur, but also the skin itself.
85. To free yourself from the jaws of a crocodile, you should “simply” press your fingers on his eyes. The most interesting thing is that you are unlikely to remember this fact if you fall into the mouth of a crocodile.
86. Snakes have this strange pathology when 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 spin counter-clockwise, and only in Ireland does the opposite happen.
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 this).
    
90. The human heart makes about 100,000 beats a day.

Well, friends, this is where our list of the most interesting facts ends. Of course, they can be written much more, but it is unlikely that anyone will read these to the end.

If you have read all 90 facts, write in the comments which of them seemed the most interesting to you.

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