10 facts about children





1. April 15, 1987 in the United States has officially gone seven million children. This was due to the requirement to identify the children, thanks to which citizens were given the right to pay less tax. Before this can be put down in the "dependents" any number of children, and the tax authorities believe a word.

2. The term "whipping boy" went from England. In the 15-18 centuries. here we brought Crown Prince and punished for infractions not their own (beat royals strictly forbidden), and special boys who were brought up with them. Practice shows that this punishment was very effective: because the prince is not usually allowed to play with anyone else other than whipping boy, children establish close emotional bond.

3. In the 17th century, Louis XIV decided to take care of the education of his son, and issued an order to prepare a study library of Greek and Roman classics, free from obscenities and adapted to the children's perception. Books were so many that work was completed after 28 years, when his son is no longer needed.

4. The plastic from which the parts are made designer "Lego", added a special substance, which is well displayed on X-rays. This is especially the case if a child swallows a piece.

5. In Korea, those 9 months that the baby is in the womb, are entered into the age. Therefore Korean children are always on the documents a year more than their peers from other countries, although physically no difference in age is not.

6. The English King Henry VI was the first child, which is officially allowed to slap myself and chose for this purpose a nanny. He came to the throne on Sept. 1, 1422 at the age of nine months. His first royal decree was a decree (certified thumbprint) the appointment of "Our Lady of Alice Butler nanny so that she cared for our special and reasonably punished us from time to time».

7. in the United States in recent years has become very popular names given to children in honor of the famous brands. For example, girls are often referred to as "Chanel" and "Armani" and the boys - "Nike" and "Lexus».

8. If the mother's blood group I, his father II, as a child is born with a surprisingly III, this does not mean that he is from another father. Blood child or coincides with the group some of the parents, or equal to the sum of their blood group.

9. In China, due to the overcrowding of the country families are prohibited from having more than one child. Therefore, many Chinese couples, guided by the principle of "if you really a child, a boy," interrupted pregnancy, if ultrasonography showed a girl. As a result, China is now in a catastrophic shortage of women - their 20 million less than that of men.

10. In Japan, bicycle racks, close to schools, you can see the two tablets. One more accurately depicted standing bicycle and the words: "So put the bikes are good kids." On another plate you can see a couple of carelessly abandoned bicycle and the other the inscription: "So good kids bikes are not put».

Source: www.kabanik.ru

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