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50 amazing facts about the world around us
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world is full of amazing phenomena occur every year more and more new discoveries, complementing and sometimes turns our ideas about the usual things upside down. Here is a selection of the most interesting, according to www.mentalfloss.com, facts about everything. The basis for the publication was issued with the support of the magazine «National Geographic Kids» edition of "5000 Awesome Facts (About Everything) 2».
1. In 1889, the year Margaret of Savoy, Queen of Italy, for the first time in the history of order delivery pizza.
2. In Japan, sold ice cream flavored eel.
3. In Portugal, considered indecent to write in red ink.
4. bobcat - one of the rarest animals in the world, but it is the most common wild cat in North America.
5. 10% of all feline skeleton bones are located in the tail.
6. On the feet of gecko lizards are located millions of hairs, providing a chemical reaction by which lizards can climb walls. The strength of traction is that the gecko can firmly hang on one finger.
7. The term "astronaut" is composed of two Greek words meaning "star" and "the sailor».
8. The calcium in our bones, and the iron present in our blood - "born" from the depths of the ancient giant stars.
9. Nile crocodiles, trapping prey underwater for two hours can hold their breath.
10. There are no jellyfish brain, no heart and no skeleton.
11. Chinese Giant Salamander - the largest of the living amphibians. These giants reach 1, 8 m in length.
12. According to statistics, blue toothbrushes popular red.
13. In medieval Germany, there was a belief that kiss with a donkey relieves toothache.
14. According to the scientists, the interval between one day and a half of the third - the best time for an afternoon nap. It is in this hour and a half human body temperature is lowered, which makes us feel sleepy.
15. The speed of Earth's rotation around its axis is slowing down - so, in the time of dinosaurs length of a day was about 23 hours.
16. Hummingbirds flap their wings at a frequency up to 200 strokes per second.
17. In North America, there are more than 1, 2 thousand water parks.
18. Seahorses can manage each eye independently of the other - it allows more efficient to produce food and to follow the approach of predators.
19. On the sidewalk, a red-hot 70 ° C, you can cook an omelet.
20. in English to refer to the cluster of jellyfish uses the word «smack», which can be translated as "taste».
21. The size of the Sun across about 100 times more than the same size of the Earth.
22. More than 99% of Antarctica is covered by ice.
23. The height of the biggest waves ever "caught" surfers, is approximately equal to the height of 10-storey building.
24. The troops specially trained dogs, officials at international airports of the United States each year are found in the luggage of the passengers about 75 thousand. prohibited items.
25. Apples some varieties can weigh more than 2 kg.
26. Corn grows on every continent except Antarctica.
27. Do seahorses surface of the body, unlike most other fish, covered with bony plates instead of scales.
28. Every day you fall from 50 to 100 hairs.
29. The Spanish word «armadillo» means "small battleship».
30. The world's smallest fruit plant the size of a small ant.
31. in the US state of New Jersey, the world's highest concentration of shopping centers.
32. Komodo dragon during a meal can eat more than 2 kg of meat per minute. Excess fat accumulates in lizards in the tail.
33. Not all the satellites of the planets of the solar system as dry as our moon - just in Europe, Jupiter's moon, there is an ocean covered with ice.
34. as the coffins to their commanders Vikings used the martial court.
35. At any time, about 60% of the sky over our planet covered with clouds.
36. Any monkey zasmeёtsya if it tickle.
37. of the digestive system to digest the spotted hyena is capable of skin and bones.
38. South African porcupine needles three times longer than a pencil - up to 50 cm.
39. According to the scientists, the dream of any kind of activity can improve your real skills in this area.
40. in your hair contains microscopic particles of gold.
41. In Japan decided not to compare the moon with a human face and a muzzle rabbit.
42. Due to high airflow clouds can travel at speeds up to 160 km / h.
43. The unofficial name of naked mole rats (rodent species) - Sandy puppies.
44. On Mars there opals.
45. George Washington was fond of caving.
46. In order to produce 4 liters of ice cream, it takes about 6 liters of milk.
47. is the dirtiest thing in your house - the TV remote.
48. The male Hercules beetle reaches a value that barely fit in the palm of an adult.
49. Clean transparent emerald expensive diamonds.
50. Ears - the operational sense organ in humans. We are able to recognize the sound of 0, 05 seconds.
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world is full of amazing phenomena occur every year more and more new discoveries, complementing and sometimes turns our ideas about the usual things upside down. Here is a selection of the most interesting, according to www.mentalfloss.com, facts about everything. The basis for the publication was issued with the support of the magazine «National Geographic Kids» edition of "5000 Awesome Facts (About Everything) 2».
1. In 1889, the year Margaret of Savoy, Queen of Italy, for the first time in the history of order delivery pizza.
2. In Japan, sold ice cream flavored eel.
3. In Portugal, considered indecent to write in red ink.
4. bobcat - one of the rarest animals in the world, but it is the most common wild cat in North America.
5. 10% of all feline skeleton bones are located in the tail.
6. On the feet of gecko lizards are located millions of hairs, providing a chemical reaction by which lizards can climb walls. The strength of traction is that the gecko can firmly hang on one finger.
7. The term "astronaut" is composed of two Greek words meaning "star" and "the sailor».
8. The calcium in our bones, and the iron present in our blood - "born" from the depths of the ancient giant stars.
9. Nile crocodiles, trapping prey underwater for two hours can hold their breath.
10. There are no jellyfish brain, no heart and no skeleton.
11. Chinese Giant Salamander - the largest of the living amphibians. These giants reach 1, 8 m in length.
12. According to statistics, blue toothbrushes popular red.
13. In medieval Germany, there was a belief that kiss with a donkey relieves toothache.
14. According to the scientists, the interval between one day and a half of the third - the best time for an afternoon nap. It is in this hour and a half human body temperature is lowered, which makes us feel sleepy.
15. The speed of Earth's rotation around its axis is slowing down - so, in the time of dinosaurs length of a day was about 23 hours.
16. Hummingbirds flap their wings at a frequency up to 200 strokes per second.
17. In North America, there are more than 1, 2 thousand water parks.
18. Seahorses can manage each eye independently of the other - it allows more efficient to produce food and to follow the approach of predators.
19. On the sidewalk, a red-hot 70 ° C, you can cook an omelet.
20. in English to refer to the cluster of jellyfish uses the word «smack», which can be translated as "taste».
21. The size of the Sun across about 100 times more than the same size of the Earth.
22. More than 99% of Antarctica is covered by ice.
23. The height of the biggest waves ever "caught" surfers, is approximately equal to the height of 10-storey building.
24. The troops specially trained dogs, officials at international airports of the United States each year are found in the luggage of the passengers about 75 thousand. prohibited items.
25. Apples some varieties can weigh more than 2 kg.
26. Corn grows on every continent except Antarctica.
27. Do seahorses surface of the body, unlike most other fish, covered with bony plates instead of scales.
28. Every day you fall from 50 to 100 hairs.
29. The Spanish word «armadillo» means "small battleship».
30. The world's smallest fruit plant the size of a small ant.
31. in the US state of New Jersey, the world's highest concentration of shopping centers.
32. Komodo dragon during a meal can eat more than 2 kg of meat per minute. Excess fat accumulates in lizards in the tail.
33. Not all the satellites of the planets of the solar system as dry as our moon - just in Europe, Jupiter's moon, there is an ocean covered with ice.
34. as the coffins to their commanders Vikings used the martial court.
35. At any time, about 60% of the sky over our planet covered with clouds.
36. Any monkey zasmeёtsya if it tickle.
37. of the digestive system to digest the spotted hyena is capable of skin and bones.
38. South African porcupine needles three times longer than a pencil - up to 50 cm.
39. According to the scientists, the dream of any kind of activity can improve your real skills in this area.
40. in your hair contains microscopic particles of gold.
41. In Japan decided not to compare the moon with a human face and a muzzle rabbit.
42. Due to high airflow clouds can travel at speeds up to 160 km / h.
43. The unofficial name of naked mole rats (rodent species) - Sandy puppies.
44. On Mars there opals.
45. George Washington was fond of caving.
46. In order to produce 4 liters of ice cream, it takes about 6 liters of milk.
47. is the dirtiest thing in your house - the TV remote.
48. The male Hercules beetle reaches a value that barely fit in the palm of an adult.
49. Clean transparent emerald expensive diamonds.
50. Ears - the operational sense organ in humans. We are able to recognize the sound of 0, 05 seconds.
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