10 amazing facts that you probably will not know

Our world is more interesting and varied than we think. Every day there is something new. Before vami10 unusual facts about everything.
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Sean Connery was offered the role of Gandalf in the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" and 15 percent of the world's movie rental fees as a fee, for a total of approximately $ 400 million. The actor declined the offer, saying it "does not understand the script»

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In 2009, a Hungarian art looked with his little daughter film "Stuart Little" and noted the background picture of Robert Beren thought long lost. It turned out that this painting bought for a song specifically for the film. Later, the painting was sold by auction for 285,700 dollars.





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In 1980, the American photographer Robert Landsburg filmed the eruption of Mount St. Helens, and at some point realized that he could not escape. Then he packed his camera in a bag, put the bag into a backpack and covered him with his body to save the images to researchers.





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The most densely populated areas of the world in history was practically controlled by the government, mired in criminality settlement in Hong Kong, called the walled city of Kowloon. In 1987 the population density was 1.255 million persons per square kilometer.





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Deep beneath the Earth's surface, researchers have discovered a pond where more water than all the oceans of the world combined.





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In 1916, activists in the US have tried to achieve the adoption of an amendment to the US constitution. The essence of the amendment was to make the vote any decision on the beginning of hostilities. What's the catch? All those who voted "for", received a summons to the army.





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In 2012, a Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki presented evidence to the scientific community «abc-hypothesis." However, the explanation was so complex and abstract, which was too tough for even colleagues Mochizuki. Until now, the validity of this evidence because no one could confirm.





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In 1983, several hundred builders set a world record - built house on three bedrooms just three hours. Later the house was sold to people who knew nothing about the history of its creation. It was a real nightmare: crookedly stacked plates, leaking pipes and roofs, intumescent walls, doors falling off and so

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Microsoft has become the "cradle" of three billionaires and about 12,000 millionaires.





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Two fraudsters sold for half a million euros a false picture of Francisco Goya, and then it turned out that the money they get for a "masterpiece", too fake.





: Fishki.net

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