Dutch ate his prime minister: 12 wow facts that you did not know

Another wow podborochka curious about anything. < 1. Pope Francis worked as a bouncer to earn a degree.





2. In the early 17th century, English lawn was a symbol of aristocracy. He demonstrated that the landlord may allow sebederzhat site is not only for something to build on it or cultivate.





3. Stanford University professor Joan Ginther, specializing in statistics, has won the lottery four times.





4. When Fidel Castro was 12, he wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt to send him $ 10. Just wanted to see what they look like.



5. In Shanghai runs a huge "marriage market." Every Sunday, the parents come here in hopes of finding a potential spouse for their children.





6. Google-effect - a property of consciousness forced out of memory information that, if necessary, can be easily found on the Internet.





7. When a bald eagle loses some feathers on one wing, it pulls about the same number of feathers on the other to maintain balance.





8. In 1672, a crowd of enraged Dutch killed and ate his prime minister.





9. in a Brazilian prison inmates pedal, producing electricity for the nearby city. In exchange, they receive a reduction in his sentence.





10. dog collar with spikes invented by the ancient Greeks. They were designed to protect dogs from attacking wolves.





11. Whoopi Goldberg - creative nickname. The name "Whoopi" comes from the children's nickname «whoopee cushion» - «pillow-perdushka." And the name of "Goldberg" came up with the mother of the actress, which is considered the real name (Johnson) inadequate Hebrew, to her it was possible to break into Hollywood.





12. In some large libraries, including the library of Harvard University, the book kept in the cover of human skin.





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