IN long history In humanity, there are many such events that did not fit into any ideas, and therefore were remembered by people for a long time. Many people know the Guinness Book of Records, which records the most diverse human achievements, but it was impossible to collect the most incredible facts in the world.

1. About our planet

• Every schoolchild knows that the highest peak in the world is Chomolungma or Everest. But there is a much higher mountain on the planet. This is the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea, which rises above sea level by only 4205 meters, but from its base on the ocean floor it has perched 10203 meters.
• Between Russian Chukotka and American Alaska are the Diomede Islands, which are also divided between these countries. They are located only 4 km from each other, and the line dividing them also runs along the date line. Therefore, the time difference between them is 24 hours.
• Most clean water can be found in Finland, but the most dangerous is in Italian Sicily, where 2 sources of fairly strong sulfuric acid flow from a volcanic lake. But in Azerbaijan there is a source of “flammable water” - as soon as you bring a lit match to it, the “water” breaks out with a blue flame.
• In fact, there are so many diamonds on the planet that every inhabitant would have a full cup of this form of carbon.

2. About the plant world

• The Cardiocrinum plant is so strange and rare that it is almost never described. It blooms once in a lifetime with large flowers, which consume all the plant’s energy. As a result, the plant dies immediately.
• Bamboo can grow 75 centimeters per day.
• The currently tallest tree in the world is the evergreen sequoia, which, like its relatives, has given name Hyperion. In 700 or 800 years, it managed to grow to 115.6 meters and continues to grow. Scientists deliberately hid exact location record holder to protect him from crowds of tourists.

3. About people

• A person who finds himself in an unfamiliar environment will in most cases turn right. This mental property is successfully used by marketers.
• Crime reporter and journalist Vlado Taneski from Macedonia was also a serial killer who often described his own crimes. But in the end he made a mistake when he published information that until that moment could not have been known to anyone except the killer.
• Australian truck driver Bill Morgan is a real lucky man, and not only because he survived a 14-minute clinical death after a heart attack. Soon after, he won the lottery a large sum. The TV crew decided to film a story about him and asked him to erase the protective layer from the ticket on camera. instant lottery. And guess what - he won $250,000 again!
• 40% of people do not live to see their first birthday.
• Australian Aboriginal culture is no younger ice age, so they remember the location and names of mountains that have been hidden under the waters of the Bass Strait for 8,000 years.

4. About food

Most people want to get a window seat on an airplane to enjoy the views below, including take-off and landing views...

• During the Prohibition period, owners of American vineyards adapted to concentrating grape juice to a semi-solid state - the so-called “wine bars”. They warned buyers not to leave the resulting liquid in the cupboard for three weeks after adding water, otherwise it would turn into forbidden wine. The hint was obvious.
• The IOC has banned caffeine, so if an athlete drinks too much coffee or tea before a race, he will be disqualified.
• In Thailand they make the most expensive coffee in the world, the beans of which have passed through digestive system elephants. A kilogram of the Black Tusk drink is estimated at $1,100, and a cup of tea will cost a daredevil who wants to try the rare delicacy $50.
• When buying bottled water, you should not rely too much on it, since 40% of it comes from the tap.

5. About countries

• In 1781, among the Articles of the American Confederation, a note appeared that if Canada suddenly wanted to become part of the United States, it would be immediately accepted.
• The annual cost of keeping a prisoner in a British prison costs the treasury £45,000. Isn't it easier to send him to study at Eton, which costs 1.5 times less?
• Arabs write texts from right to left, but numbers are written in the opposite direction. Therefore, when reading Arabic texts replete with numerical data, you have to move your eyes here and there.
• After the division of Korea into two countries, over 23,000 Koreans fled from north to south, and only 2 people in the opposite direction.

6. About the animal world

• For the sake of sex, male Australian marsupial mice go to martyrdom - they are ready to mate for 14 hours without a break, completely devoting all their energy and dying from exhaustion. Biologists call this behavior “suicidal mating.”
• Have you ever seen baby pigeons? Surely not, but all because they do not leave their nests for the first month, and after that they are already indistinguishable from adults.
• In female plant aphids, new females that are already fertilized are born.
• Beavers have transparent eyelids, so they swim calmly with eyes closed under the water.
• Rats are known to be very intelligent animals; moreover, they are the only animal other than humans that can laugh.

7. About astronauts

• In zero gravity, the astronauts' spine straightens, as a result of which, immediately after landing, they find themselves several centimeters higher than themselves before takeoff.
• A person stops snoring in zero gravity, because weightlessness relieves the pressure on his airways. We snore because the soft tissues of the throat and tongue fall inward during sleep, especially when lying on the back. During breathing, the sunken parts of the body produce unpleasant snoring. One can only envy the astronauts, at least during sleep!

8. About diseases

• On turn of XIX-XX For centuries, on the 21st birthday, it was fashionable to remove all the teeth of the birthday boy and insert artificial ones.
• Residents of the Kazakh village of Kalachi experience a strange sleeping sickness - periodically they plunge into deep dream, in which they stay for up to 6 days. IN Lately the disease has been linked to exposure to abandoned uranium mines.
• Having made an official visit to Australia in 1875, the king of Fiji contracted measles, which he brought back to his homeland, due to which he lost a quarter of his population.
• At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, they tried to treat coughs with heroin.

9. About society

• On average, American children have seen 200,000 murders on television by the age of 18.
• Homeless people in Japan and Hong Kong have learned to take advantage of 24-hour McDonald's and live in these public catering establishments, for which they are nicknamed "Mcrefugees."
• British galleries and museums receive 7 times more visitors per year than Premier League football matches.
• If vampires existed and drank the blood of one person every day, then after 13 days the entire population of the planet would turn into vampires.
• The whole world has learned the name of the most brutal Colombian drug lord of the last century, Pablo Escobar. But he was also loving father- his daughter recalled that when they had to hide from the police and were freezing at night, Escobar lit a fire of banknotes to warm his daughter. A night of such “heating” cost him more than 2 million dollars.

10. About sports

The Trans-Siberian Railway or the Great Siberian Route, which connects the Russian capital Moscow with Vladivostok, until recently bore the honorary title of...

• Objects resembling primitive skittles were found in an Egyptian tomb - does this mean bowling was played in the land of the pharaohs 5,200 years ago?
• In 1958, the winner of the Jamaican table tennis championship was Jay Foster, who was only 8 years old at that time.
• One Detroit newspaper was able to establish that 68% of professional hockey players lost at least one tooth during their careers.
• Held in 1920 in Sweden Olympic Games made history by giving the world the oldest Olympic champion, 72-year-old shooter Oscar Swan.

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In front of you are the most Interesting Facts about everything.

1. Every day, 12 newborns fall into the hands of the wrong parents due to the fault of medical personnel.
2. 99% of the total mass solar system is in .
3. There are 32 muscles in a cat's ear, thanks to which the animal can move it in different directions.
4. Surprisingly, without a head, a cockroach can live for another 2 weeks!
5. In Taiwan, scientists have developed dishes made from wheat. Therefore, after eating the main course, you can safely eat the plate.
6. In order for a tanker loaded with oil to come to a complete stop, it must brake for 20 minutes.
7. With its half-meter long tongue, a giraffe can clean its own ears.
8. A giraffe can live without water longer than a camel.
9. A person busy with any activity loses about 4 liters of fluid per day.
10. Interestingly, the smallest bird weighs less than a coin.
11. Jellyfish are 95% composed of . This is why they are so transparent.
12. And this is a very interesting fact. A jet plane has to use 4000 liters of fuel to take off!
13. The record holder is Charles Osborne, who suffered from this disease for about 6 years.
14. An interesting fact is that a mole is able to dig a 9 m long tunnel in just one night.
15. A funny incident happened in the USA, in the state of Indiana: authorities arrested a monkey for smoking in a public place.
16. According to scientific research, pigs can experience orgasm within 30 minutes.
17. Women in Saudi Arabia The law allows spouses to be divorced if they refuse to give them .
18. An interesting fact is that sharks are the only animals that can blink with both eyes.
19. Sharks are so sensitive to presence in the water that they can detect one gram in 100 thousand liters.
20. When a skunk senses danger to its life, it can spread a stinking odor within a radius of 10 m. Perhaps this is the most unpleasant-smelling animal.
21. In 1845, a very interesting law was adopted. According to him, a person attempting to commit suicide would face hanging.
22. An interesting fact is that 25% of Los Angeles' area is occupied by vehicles.
23. slept on stone pillows. Just wondering, why?
24. It is believed that the average person laughs 15 times a day.
25. Iguanas can swim underwater for half an hour.
26. It's funny, but an ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.
27. Among animals, only armadillos suffer from leprosy.
28. Armadillos always have only 4 children, and all of them are born of only one sex.
29. Did you know that babies are born without kneecaps? They are formed only 2 years after birth.
30. If a Barbie doll were 175 cm tall, then her proportions would be as follows: 39-23-33 cm; despite the fact that the generally accepted ideal is the ratio 90-60-90.
31. When the bats When flying out of caves, they always turn left.
32. In the tiny state of Nauru, the main export product is poultry manure.
33. Chewing gum contains rubber.
34. Camel milk does not sour or curdle.
35. can make about 100 different sounds, and no more than 10.
36. Every year people buy food for dogs and cats total amount by 7 billion dollars. This is one of the most interesting facts.
37. Did you know that dolphins always sleep with one eye open?
38. In Paraguay, dueling is officially permitted, provided that both duelists are blood donors.
    
39. The most famous scientist of the 20th century could not speak clearly until he was 9 years old.
40. Before sitting down to compose his compositions, he dipped his head in ice water.
41. Giraffes do not have vocal cords.
42. Incredibly, bees grow hair in front of their eyes!
43. According to Bangladeshi law, a student can go to jail for cheating in exams.
44. Half of Kentuckians who marry for the first time are teenagers.
45. Due to the lack of gravity, astronauts are physically unable to cry. The most interesting thing is that the need for this still arises periodically even in .
46. You can buy wigs for dogs.
47. Once upon a time in Iceland, the law prohibited citizens from keeping dogs.
48. There was a time when residents of Switzerland were prohibited from slamming car doors.
49. In Kansas, people are prohibited from fishing with their bare hands.
50. It has been scientifically proven that a person cannot sneeze with with open eyes. Although many probably continue to check this statement.
51. When Kotex began, it produced bandages, not personal care products.
52. The Great One is the creator of scissors.
53. Every second, 100 lightning strikes can be seen in the world. The most interesting thing is that they are not amenable to statistics, since their nature has not yet been studied.
    
54. In fact banknotes made not of paper, as many believe, but of cotton. That's why they don't spoil for so long. By the way, .
55. An interesting fact is that large quantity More people die in donkey riding than in plane crashes. We have already talked about.
56. Out of two billion people, only one manages to live to be 116 years old.
57. Mosquitoes have teeth.
58. Scientists have long noticed that cows produce much more milk when classical music is played to them.
59. Did you know that most of the dust in homes comes from dead skin cells?
60. Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
61. Few people know that 25% of all human bones are in his legs. We told you all the most interesting things about the human musculoskeletal system.
62. Only half of American citizens know that the sun is a star.
63. have been the same size since birth. But the ears and nose grow until death.
64. Dynamite contains peanut extract.
65. Surprisingly, the clumsy penguins can jump up to 2 m in height. By the way, read about and watch the most terrible footage of this ritual.
66. If you give deer bananas, they will happily eat them.
67. Scientists managed to prove an interesting fact. It turns out that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
    
68. Sigmund Freud was terrified of ferns.
69. Slugs have four noses. This is probably someone who knows how to “breathe deeply”!
70. Interestingly, a cat falling from the 20th floor is more likely to survive than if it fell from the 10th.
71. It takes the average person 7 minutes to fall asleep.
72. The author of the electric chair was a simple dentist. Still, there is something sadistic about them.
73. Among all mammals, only elephants cannot jump. Pay attention - you will learn a lot of new things.
74. Green grasshoppers hear sounds thanks to holes located on their hind legs.
75. One day, an employee of one enterprise, passing by the radar, noticed that the chocolate in his pocket had melted. Thanks to this ridiculous accident, the microwave oven was invented.
76. Muhammad is the most common name on the planet.
77. The Greek hymn consists of 158 verses, but it is very difficult to find those who know them by heart ().
    
78. The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly.
79. The donkey's eyes are placed in such a way that all 4 legs are always in its field of vision.
80. Among insects, only the praying mantis can turn its head.
81. The first bomb dropped on Berlin during World War II killed only one elephant.
82. The expression in chess “Checkmate” translated from Persian means “the king is dead.”
83. There are approximately the same number of chickens on the planet as there are people.
84. Tigers not only have striped fur, but also their skin itself.
85. To free yourself from the jaws of a crocodile, you should “simply” press your fingers on its eyes. The most interesting thing is that you are unlikely to remember this fact if you fall into a crocodile’s mouth.
86. Snakes have this strange pathology where they are born with two heads. But the most interesting thing is that both heads of the mutant snake behave not like one animal, but like two: they fight for food, snatching prey from each other.
87. All windmills rotate counterclockwise, and only in Ireland the opposite happens.
88. A man's heart beats slower than a woman's.
89. There are about 300 bones in a baby's body, but as they grow older, only 206 remain (more on that).
    
90. The human heart beats about 100,000 times per day.

Well, friends, this ends our list of the most interesting facts. Of course, much more could be written, but it is unlikely that anyone will even read these to the end.

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A person's daily life is not as boring as many people think. They make an attentive observer think about it, be surprised by the diversity of life, or have a good laugh.

But in the bustle of everyday chores, we sometimes do not notice these things. Want to expand your horizons?

We are offering to you interesting facts from life, which will definitely lift your spirits and teach you to look at the world in a new way.

1. According to statistics, chronic alcoholics live 15 years longer than those people who work without vacation. Rest more, gentlemen, but do not abuse alcohol!
2. 25% of our compatriots think about sex while stuck in a traffic jam. Oddly enough, only 6% think about work.
3. Blue-eyed people are less likely to suffer from visual impairments than brown-eyed and gray-eyed people.
4. Brown-eyed people are more adapted to everyday difficulties.
5. Interesting fact of life: The more often a man makes love, the lower his risk of heart attack. Consider these instructions for action! This, unfortunately, does not apply to women.
6. In the morning we are about 1 centimeter higher. During the day, the joints shrink, which makes us a little shorter in the evening.
7. No person in the world can sneeze with their eyes open. Want to check it out? Please! Just don't do this while driving a car. According to statistics, 2% of all accidents occur because the driver sneezed and lost vigilance for a couple of seconds.
8. Women speak 13 thousand more words per day than men. All men will agree with this fact, but women may be indignant!
9. Interestingly, nightmares are more likely to occur in a cold bedroom.
10. Foul language can temporarily dull the pain. Probably, Russian builders feel this on an intuitive level!
11. The more often you overeat, the worse your hearing.
12. Cats' taste buds are not sensitive to sweets. By the way, read in a separate article.
13. Men's hair is coarser and thicker than women's. However, there is twice as much hair on a woman's head!
14. If a woman periodically listens to an audio recording of a child crying, her breasts can increase by 2 centimeters in a week.
15. There is a fact that designers came up with a small pocket on men's jeans in order to hide a condom there. It's actually designed for a watch. Recommended reading.
16. The best cleaner for kettles, bathtubs, toilets and ovens is regular Coca-Cola!
17. Uncolored Coca-Cola is green.
    
18. Flavored cigarettes contain urea.
19. The timbre of the voices of women who work in a male team is significantly lower than that of women who work side by side with other women.
20. Regular sex relieves headaches. Interestingly, not all women use this fact in their lives. But men can use it as an argument!
21. Left-handed people find it easier to chew food with the left side of their jaws.
22. You can stop yawning by touching your tongue with your finger.
23. When talking to a person we like, our pupils involuntarily dilate.
24. When there are many cows, it is a herd. A set of horses is called a herd. Large group sheep - a flock. But when there are a lot of frogs, it’s... an army! At least that's what zoologists call them.
25. 4-5 summer child asks about 400 questions a day.
26. Fear of Friday the 13th is considered a disease and is successfully treated by psychotherapists.
27. A clear fact of life: the average person eats 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
28. Turtles can breathe through their anus.
29. OK (okay) is the most commonly used word in most languages ​​of the world.
30. 95% of emails sent via e-mail, – spam.
31. A champagne cork can jump to a height of up to 12 meters.
32. Interestingly, throughout the history of the Earth, no two identical snowflakes have existed. However, just like people. Even twins have slight differences.
    
33. In 2 years, a pair of rats can produce more than a million babies. For comparison, a domestic cat gives birth to no more than 100 kittens in her entire life.
34. First US President George Washington free time loved to admire the lush hemp bushes that grew in his garden.
35. Do not microwave grapes or they will explode!
36. The cow is unable to go down the stairs.
37. Incredible but true: the most big eyes on Earth belong to the giant (colossal) squid. They are approximately the size of a soccer ball.
38. Humpback whales scream the loudest of all animals on Earth. The cry of these mammals is louder than the roar of an airplane and can be heard over 500 kilometers in the open ocean.
39. Believe it or not, a caterpillar has more muscles than a human.
40. People in white swimsuits and swimming trunks are more likely to become victims of sharks on beaches.
41. A shark's nostrils are an organ of smell, but not of breathing. Sharks breathe through gills.
42. Babies have more bones than adults.
43. The lighter the beard, the faster it grows.
44. Interesting fact from life: the most clever woman(according to IQ test results) was... a housewife.
45. More than 1,000 people die every year from lightning strikes.
46. Cologne was originally used to treat the plague.
47. Koalas sleep 22 hours a day. Eh!..
    
48. The peak of household injuries and heart attacks occurs on Monday.
49. Every day, 13 new varieties of children's toys appear in the world.
50. The most common tree in the world is the Siberian larch.
51. And this is a terrible fact, despite the fact that it is about life. Some sharks eat their brothers and sisters while still in the womb. Truly, survival of the fittest!
52. Contrary to popular belief, anteaters do not eat ants. Their main food is termites.
53. The Mayans and Aztecs used cocoa beans instead of money.
54. A quarter of our skeleton is made up of leg bones.
55. Dogs are able to guess their owners' intentions. Pay attention to .
56. The shrimp's heart is located in the head, in the back of the head. The genitals are located nearby.
57. The giraffe's tongue reaches a length of up to half a meter.
58. A blue whale can not breathe for 2 hours.
59. Surprisingly, but true: the female nightingale cannot sing.
60. A postage stamp contains one tenth of a calorie.
61. Tongue prints, like fingerprints, are unique and inimitable.
62. Purple clothes are worn as a sign of mourning in Turkey. In all other Muslim countries, white is considered the color of mourning.
63. At the end of the 19th century, cocaine was used to treat insomnia and colds.
64. If you chew gum while peeling onions, it is impossible to cry.
65. Ticks can go 10 years without food.
66. Until the end of the 19th century in Russia, you could only buy vodka in a 12-liter bucket. People once knew when to stop! By the way, we recommend reading where we have collected a very interesting selection.
67. There are more colorblind men than women.
68. This fact of life may surprise you. The fact is that some men are terrified of virgins. Psychologists call this phenomenon parthenophobia.
69. The hibernation period of snails can last 3 years.
70. Vinegar can dissolve pearls.
71. 99% of living things that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
72. Every day on Earth, 3 people undergo gender reassignment surgery.

Well, friends, we hope that you liked the interesting facts from life. Of course, we do not call them either the most important or the most interesting. It’s just that selections like these help keep your brain in good shape and exercise your memory.

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Fact #1: Hawaiian women are not shy about “confessing” to men that they crave their attention. They show this with the help of flowers, which they place behind their right ear. Stronger desire- more flowers.

Fact #2: 44% of people love watching their partner's emotions while kissing. But others prefer to indulge in kisses, closing their eyelids tightly.

Fact No. 3: not all lovers rejected by their partners are able to calmly endure the breakup. 40% of them get rid of depression in the clinic.

Fact No. 4: Adults laugh on average about 15 times a day, while children laugh about 400 times.

Fact #5: It takes each of us an average of 7 minutes to fall asleep soundly.

Fact No. 6: First love ends in marriage for only 2 out of 5 people.

Fact #7: People spend an average of half a month or 20,160 minutes kissing in their entire lives.

Fact No. 8: after visiting a public toilet, only 75% of the stronger sex and 90% of the weaker sex wash their hands.

Fact No. 9: Women, not men, are better at parking a car.

Fact #10: When kissing, 65% of people prefer to tilt their heads to the right.

Fact No. 11: On average, women have sex with 4 partners in their entire lives.

Fact No. 12: People between 20 and 70 years old devote approximately 36,000 minutes or 25 days to sexual fun.

Fact No. 13: The natives of England organize tea ceremonies more often than residents of other countries. For comparison: 20 times more people in America.

Fact No. 14: a lady uses so much lipstick in 5 years that if this amount is represented in the form of a tube, then it would be equal to her height.

Fact #15: the most tall people(if we take an average) the residents of Holland are considered.

Fact No. 16: out of 10 people, 8 are sure that future relationships depend entirely on the first kiss.

Fact No. 17: If we take an average, then the people in Japan are considered the shortest in height.

Fact No. 18: ancient mountains all over the world dividing Russian land into Asia and Europe are the Ural mountains.

Fact No. 19: the higher a person’s intelligence, the higher the zinc and copper content in his hair.

Fact No. 20: Demodex live in the eyelashes of many of us - micro mites that have an oral cavity and even claws.

Fact No. 21: throughout our lives, each of us produces saliva so much that it would be enough to fill 2 swimming pools, each of medium size.

Fact No. 22: If we take an average, then in a lifetime people kiss about 2 weeks, and have sex 3,000 times.

Fact #23: Men shave 8.4 meters of stubble in their lifetime, spending 3,350 hours doing so.

Fact No. 24: of all humanity trying to meet people for sex through virtual communication, 35% of people are married.

Fact No. 25: 47% of people have nightmares at least once a month.

Fact No. 26: almost every person during his life “winds” a straight line equal to 5 earth equators.

Fact No. 27: Mostly babies 1-3 months old cry without tears.

Fact #28: It is documented that greatest number orgasms, which can be in 1 hour - 16 for one man and 134 for one woman.

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