Unexpected facts about our world will cover a wide variety of countries and events. You will learn many interesting facts about which, perhaps, you have never heard of before. This information will surprise you and make you more intellectually savvy people.
So, before you the most unexpected facts about our world.
- Dolphins deliberately consume toxic puffer fish to "get high". Scientists have repeatedly recorded on film the process when these animals chewed the fish and passed it to each other.
- It turns out that the Internet speed on the NASA internal network is 91 GB per second! This crazy speed helps employees transfer huge amounts of information.
- Did you know that on August 13, 1999, Japan (see interesting facts about Japan) changed the national flag? In particular, its proportions have changed.
- After J.K. Rowling spent about $ 160 million in charity in 2012, her last name disappeared from the “rich” Forbes list.
- An interesting fact is that instead of the traditional signature, the Japanese use the seal - hanko. A similar personal seal is placed in official documents.
- After a lightning strike, drawings appear on the human body, the so-called "Lichtenberg figures". Scientists still cannot explain this phenomenon. By the way, the drawings are somewhat reminiscent of the image of lightning.
- In the Philippines, there is an island that has Lake Taal, which has an island that has a lake. Here's a joke of nature.
- Recent research has shown that a baby in the womb heals the mother's heart. This is due to the baby's stem cells. Experts were finally able to understand why half of pregnant women who had heart failure suddenly recovered on their own.
- This interesting fact is about the famous Steve Jobs. One day they brought him a model of an iPod, which he rejected - too big. The engineers said that making a smaller player is simply impossible. Then Steve took the gadget and threw it into the aquarium. Seconds later, air bubbles began to emerge from the iPod, after which Jobs said: “If there is air, then there is free space. Make it thinner. "
- Do you know what is meant by the expression "eagle sight"? Seeing as an eagle means: the ability to see an ant from a height of the 10th floor, distinguish more colors and shades, see ultraviolet light and have a much wider angle of view.
- Valery Polyakov is a Russian cosmonaut who spent 437 days and 18 hours in space during one space flight! This record has not yet been broken by any cosmonaut (see interesting facts about cosmonauts).
- Today, there is not a single McDonald's in Iceland, since all establishments, unable to withstand the crisis, were forced to close in 2009.
- In Germany, every tree has its own number. Moreover, the list includes the age, condition and type of plants. This helps to maintain proper tree maintenance and prevent falling.
- It is curious that one American fitness trainer managed to initially gain 30 kg in 1 year, and then again lose this weight. It is worth noting that the man deliberately went on such an experiment, trying to understand his charges.
- The first police unit in Australia consisted of prisoners with exemplary behavior.
