There are a lot of interesting and informative things in our world, and something new happens every day. It is impossible to learn about everything, but it is still worth expanding your horizons. In this regard, we decided to introduce you to the 10 most interesting facts about everything in the world, which few have heard of.
10. Campfire gatherings cause much more harm to a person than cigarette smoking
Sitting by the fire a person breathing smoke harms health much more than a smoker. Experts concluded that a burning fire emits 4.3 thousand times more carcinogenic hydrocarbons in an hour than 30 cigarettes. The most dangerous component of smoke is carbon monoxide, which is especially harmful to children and the elderly.
Inhaling smoke, a person harms the lungs, and therefore allergies and asthma begin to develop. In addition, the risk of cancer is significantly increased. Surprisingly, many people do not even think that spending time around a fire is more harmful than smoking.
9. The heart of a white whale the size of a car Volkswagen Beetle
The white whale is huge and heavy - its length reaches six meters, and its mass is two tons. Not surprisingly, the heart of this animal reaches incredible sizes. Often this body can reach 200 kilograms and be the size of a Volkswagen Beetle car.
It is noteworthy that, due to the white color of the skin, such whales are often called belugas. Despite the fact that a whale is born in dark blue, the color changes significantly with age. First, the color becomes gray, then gray-blue, and then completely white.
8. The best way to develop the brain is to engage in unfamiliar activities.
The best thing to do for brain development is unfamiliar activity. If you compare the brain with fire, then you need to keep the fire even, adding a little firewood over time, or wait until everything burns out and throw a bunch of firewood again, lighting the fire again. The second method is not so convenient, because the flame turns out to be uneven, and it takes much more time to re-ignite.
In this regard, for the development of the brain for a long time it is necessary to systematically learn new types of activities in different fields. For example, if a person is right-handed, then you should begin to perform actions with your left hand - brush your teeth, write, eat, send SMS and so on. You can change mental activity into physical activity, learn new languages, make music, communicate with those people who have higher intellectual abilities.
If a person is used to information in text form, then it should be replaced by audio format. The bottom line is to do those things that previously did not even occur to you.
Note that the constant and active knowledge of unfamiliar activity positively affects the development of the human brain, and it must be periodically charged and strained.
7. Every fifth office mug contains insect excrement
At office circles, microorganisms hazardous to health most often remain. The reason is a common sponge, which is used by different people when washing glasses. The thing is that it is porous and moisture permeable. Bacteria accumulate in the sponge because it is an ideal place for them. This conclusion was reached by specialists after a series of studies.
6. Women park a car better than men
There are a lot of videos on the Internet, as well as jokes and jokes about women driving. However, in the car parking they surpassed men. The results of the study showed that 77 percent of ladies park their car better than a strong floor.
Usually girls do not break the rules and try not to disturb other motorists. They find free spots a little faster and do a good job of parking the car both in reverse and forward. However, women in most cases do not run into white stripes.
At the same time, men, according to the study, park faster than the fair sex. On average, such a maneuver takes 16 seconds for guys, and about 21 seconds for girls.
5. In western China, salt is used instead of sugar in tea.
It’s not news to anyone that tea is drunk with milk and sugar. The fact that the Chinese often put salt in it can be an interesting discovery for some.
As it turned out, The main lovers of salt in tea are residents of western China. They drink a similar drink all day long and are convinced that it is able to perfectly quench their thirst and protect the body from dehydration.
4. A kindergarten for men opened in Hamburg
Women love to go shopping, look at and try on things, as well as buy them. At the same time, most men do not like to buy with their soul mates. In Hamburg, they found a way out of this situation by coming up with how to alleviate the fate of men who are forced to accompany their ladies on endless shopping trips.
A so-called kindergarten for men. Arriving at a thorough shopping, women temporarily surrender their bored companions to the kindergarten. Ladies are given a special token for 10 euros, according to which they take their loved ones back by making purchases.
And on the chest of every man they attach a tag with a name. In the kindergarten, “kids” can play computer and board games, read books, newspapers and magazines, as well as do crafts and watch TV. In addition, they are fed hot dishes and can even be treated to a glass of beer or wine.
3. On average, each person eats about 500 grams of insects per year
According to statistics, a person does not even suspect that for a year involuntarily eats about 500 grams of different insects. There are many varieties of these creatures that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Some of them are safe, but there are also those that cause trouble to a person. They can live in vegetables, fruits, herbs, mushrooms, canned goods, juices, cereals, as well as in flour, meat and frozen products. In addition, midges, mosquitoes, bugs, spiders and other small insects can accidentally fly into the mouth.
2. Lighters were invented before matches
The invention of the lighter was three years ahead of matches. Flintily, as the lighter was called before, invented by Johann Wolfgang Debreiner in 1823. It is known that such a lighter was completely chemical and dangerous.
If we talk about matches, then they appeared, after three years through the efforts of John Walker. It is noteworthy that the length of the first matches was 91 centimeters, while they smelled terribly.
1. The United States and Russia are separated by only four kilometers
It seems that the Russian Federation and the United States of America are far apart. This is true if we measure the distance between the capitals of states from Moscow to Washington. In a straight line, it is about eight thousand kilometers.
At the same time, there are two islands in the middle of the Bering Strait separating Chukotka and Alaska. Between the Russian island of Ratmanov and the American island of Kruzenshtern the distance is only four kilometers. Despite the fact that the islands are in visibility from each other, they are separated by a significant difference in time and state border.