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20 short facts about everything that will turn you into a walking Wikipedia
While editorial team is such a selection, the level of erudition in the team rises to unimaginable heights ... What in the world just curious! < 1. We fly Goniurellia tridens, discovered in the United Arab Emirates, are depicted on the wings ... two more flies. Thus, the fly is protected from predators by pretending to "Mushin flock».
2. Banknote 100 000 $ 1934 sample is the largest bank note issued. It is not widely used and has been used for a variety of transactions between banks.
3. There are "antivitamin" - substances that suppress the activity of vitamins in the body. For example, thiaminase contained in fish, destroys the useful vitamin B1 (thiamine), necessary for the functioning of the cardiovascular and digestive systems.
4. fattest country in the world a couple of years ago, has been recognized by Kiribati in its total of 100 000 inhabitants, and of these, about 82,000 are obese.
5. dinosaur bones on display in the Museum of Paleontology of the world - it's not really a bone. Strictly speaking, it rocks, as the bone collapsed millions of years ago, leaving behind an organic sediment. Under the influence of chemical processes, this bone sediment over the years turned to stone in the shape of bones.
6. Once a year in Honduras fish rainy season comes. Between May and July in the sky there is a dark cloud, lightning, thunder, and 2-3 hours of heavy rain pours. Once he stops, the earth are hundreds of live fish.
7. «The smell of leather", which comes from the leather, the smell of flavors. This dressed leather does not smell.
8. or African Basenji dog Nela - one of the oldest breeds of dogs. The uniqueness of the breed that its representatives do not bark, but emit a specific, peculiar only Basenji sounds like the rumble, but they can be heard only when the dog is excited.
9. In 2003, Shelley Jackson offered to all who wish to be "pages" of her book. It responded to the call of 2095 volunteers on the bodies which were vytutairovany words constituting the narrative. The book "Skin" only exists in this form.
10. The American entomologist Derek Morley described many unusual behavior of ants. For example, he noted that when the ant wakes up, he pulls all six of his legs, as if stretched, and then opens the jaws as if yawning.
11. about half a billion Chinese people will never brushed their teeth. Instead of having to buy a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste, the Chinese have resorted to using twigs and green tea.
12. Fredrik J. Baur was so proud of his invention, that wanted to be buried in it. Baur died in May 2008 at the age of 89, and his children performed the request - his ashes were divided between a pair of boxes and packaging ... out of Pringles.
13. In the Middle Ages livestock often subjected to human punishment. In 1470, the year, such as the cock was burned publicly for allegedly blew the egg.
14. Platinum previously considered "wrong silver" and thrown into a river or sea, in order not to get underfoot. Only later, when jewelers from Spain found that the fine platinum alloyed with gold, it was used as a raw material jewelry.
15. The general tension of all the strings tuned piano is 7 tons (7,000 kg).
16. The Chinese mountain Tszyankunchzhu ("Southern celestial pole"), which became the prototype of some landscapes in the film James Cameron's "Avatar", was renamed by the local authorities and since then bears the name of "Hallelujah, Avatar!".
17. It's hard to say, lucky or unlucky was an American stuntman Evel Knievel. During his life he made a lot of tricks on the bike, but he broke the 37 different bones in your body and in total spent three years of his life in hospitals. However, despite this, he was able to live up to as much as 69 years!
18. Students of ancient Greek philosopher Plato once asked him to give a definition of a person, to which he replied: "Man is an animal on two legs, devoid of feathers." However, after Diogenes of Sinope brought to the Academy plucked rooster and presented it as "Plato's man," Plato had to add: "And with flat nails».
19. The fluid that flows out of raw meat - it's not blood. It consists mainly of water and gives it a reddish hue presence of the protein myoglobin.
20. to stop the illegal cutting of Christmas trees in the parks before Christmas, some city governments have trees sprinkled fox urine. On the street, it will freeze and not felt. However, if a Christmas tree sprinkled bring home, it begins to spread unbearable stench from which it is impossible to get rid of.
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2. Banknote 100 000 $ 1934 sample is the largest bank note issued. It is not widely used and has been used for a variety of transactions between banks.
3. There are "antivitamin" - substances that suppress the activity of vitamins in the body. For example, thiaminase contained in fish, destroys the useful vitamin B1 (thiamine), necessary for the functioning of the cardiovascular and digestive systems.
4. fattest country in the world a couple of years ago, has been recognized by Kiribati in its total of 100 000 inhabitants, and of these, about 82,000 are obese.
5. dinosaur bones on display in the Museum of Paleontology of the world - it's not really a bone. Strictly speaking, it rocks, as the bone collapsed millions of years ago, leaving behind an organic sediment. Under the influence of chemical processes, this bone sediment over the years turned to stone in the shape of bones.
6. Once a year in Honduras fish rainy season comes. Between May and July in the sky there is a dark cloud, lightning, thunder, and 2-3 hours of heavy rain pours. Once he stops, the earth are hundreds of live fish.
7. «The smell of leather", which comes from the leather, the smell of flavors. This dressed leather does not smell.
8. or African Basenji dog Nela - one of the oldest breeds of dogs. The uniqueness of the breed that its representatives do not bark, but emit a specific, peculiar only Basenji sounds like the rumble, but they can be heard only when the dog is excited.
9. In 2003, Shelley Jackson offered to all who wish to be "pages" of her book. It responded to the call of 2095 volunteers on the bodies which were vytutairovany words constituting the narrative. The book "Skin" only exists in this form.
10. The American entomologist Derek Morley described many unusual behavior of ants. For example, he noted that when the ant wakes up, he pulls all six of his legs, as if stretched, and then opens the jaws as if yawning.
11. about half a billion Chinese people will never brushed their teeth. Instead of having to buy a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste, the Chinese have resorted to using twigs and green tea.
12. Fredrik J. Baur was so proud of his invention, that wanted to be buried in it. Baur died in May 2008 at the age of 89, and his children performed the request - his ashes were divided between a pair of boxes and packaging ... out of Pringles.
13. In the Middle Ages livestock often subjected to human punishment. In 1470, the year, such as the cock was burned publicly for allegedly blew the egg.
14. Platinum previously considered "wrong silver" and thrown into a river or sea, in order not to get underfoot. Only later, when jewelers from Spain found that the fine platinum alloyed with gold, it was used as a raw material jewelry.
15. The general tension of all the strings tuned piano is 7 tons (7,000 kg).
16. The Chinese mountain Tszyankunchzhu ("Southern celestial pole"), which became the prototype of some landscapes in the film James Cameron's "Avatar", was renamed by the local authorities and since then bears the name of "Hallelujah, Avatar!".
17. It's hard to say, lucky or unlucky was an American stuntman Evel Knievel. During his life he made a lot of tricks on the bike, but he broke the 37 different bones in your body and in total spent three years of his life in hospitals. However, despite this, he was able to live up to as much as 69 years!
18. Students of ancient Greek philosopher Plato once asked him to give a definition of a person, to which he replied: "Man is an animal on two legs, devoid of feathers." However, after Diogenes of Sinope brought to the Academy plucked rooster and presented it as "Plato's man," Plato had to add: "And with flat nails».
19. The fluid that flows out of raw meat - it's not blood. It consists mainly of water and gives it a reddish hue presence of the protein myoglobin.
20. to stop the illegal cutting of Christmas trees in the parks before Christmas, some city governments have trees sprinkled fox urine. On the street, it will freeze and not felt. However, if a Christmas tree sprinkled bring home, it begins to spread unbearable stench from which it is impossible to get rid of.
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