35 extraordinary facts about everything in the world (36 photos)

We live in an amazing world, and the deeper we dive into its secrets, the more we want to know. This is probably why there is now a blossoming of online information platforms, be it videos, podcasts and other formats. We have prepared a new collection of interesting things for you.





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In 1913, 10-year-old Sarah Rector received a 160-acre land grant in Oklahoma. The best farmland was given to whites, and she got a barren plot. Soon oil was discovered there, and Sarah became one of the first black millionaires in the United States.

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The film crew for Return of the Jedi made fun of Admiral Ackbar's appearance as ugly. Director Richard Marquand refused to change it, saying: "I think kids should be shown that good people don't have to be beautiful and bad people don't have to be ugly."

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From 1940 to 1944, Corrie ten Boom and her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis in their home in Haarlem, the Netherlands. For this they built a secret room. Corrie, her sister and their father saved more than 800 people.

In 1944, the Gestapo conducted an unsuccessful search of the house and arrested the ten Boms. They were sent to a concentration camp, only Corrie survived.

After the war, ten Boom created rehabilitation centers for victims of Nazism and preached reconciliation between victims and perpetrators.

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Former slave Bass Reeves won his freedom and became the first black deputy U.S. marshal. Colleagues admired his skills and abilities in catching criminals. Reeves is rightfully considered one of the most legendary servants of the law of the Wild West.



Austrian resident Eric Schwam, who died at the age of 90, bequeathed $2.4 million to the French commune of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Shocked officials soon learned that Schwam had thanked the city for saving him and his family from the Nazis 80 years earlier. The man wanted the money to go towards educational projects and scholarships for local children.

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In 1999, Kosovar Albanian Mustafa Ksaja showed photographs of his children, who he believed died during the Kosovo War.

Released from captivity, the man was forced to seek refuge in Albania. Only after the end of the conflict did he learn that his family remained unharmed.



In the 1880s, astronomy professor and director of the Harvard University Observatory Edward Pickering was disappointed with the work of his employees and said: “Even my Scottish maid could do better!” And he was right. Pickering hired his maid, Williamina Fleming, who subsequently classified tens of thousands of stars.

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Kim Ung-Yong spoke at 6 months. At age 2, he spoke four languages ​​fluently (Korean, Japanese, German, English). At 3 years old he could solve algebra problems. At age 8, he was invited by NASA to study at the University of Colorado, where he received a Master of Science degree at age 15.

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Seasons in Žabokreki, Slovakia.

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Girls rescue their teddy bear during a bombing raid in Liverpool, May 1941.



Nellie Bly was an American journalist who circumnavigated the world in 1889. Inspired by Jules Verne's famous novel Around the World in 80 Days, Bly set herself the goal of completing the trip in less time.

She packed a small suitcase and boarded the ship. Bly shared her impressions and observations in telegrams. She returned to New York just 72 days after setting sail, setting a new world record, and even managed to interview Jules Verne.

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Julia Hill is an environmental activist. In 1997, she climbed a 55-meter sequoia tree in California and spent 738 days on it. This protest forced the logging company to preserve trees in the area.

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MIT will issue you a pirate certificate if you take archery, pistol shooting, sailing, and fencing as physical education classes.

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The squirrels made a nest for themselves on the windowsill.

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Statue of King Arthur by Rubin Eynon, Tintagel Castle, England.

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"Blue Fugates" A family from Kentucky became famous for their blue skin caused by the genetic blood disorder methemoglobinemia.

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There is a resort in Finland where you can live in a glass igloo and admire the northern lights.

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Wooden spiral staircase in Peles Castle, Romania.

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At the age of 23, Rosemary Kennedy, John Kennedy's sister, underwent a lobotomy at the insistence of her father, after which her mental capabilities decreased to the level of a two-year-old child.

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On June 10, 1990, British Airways BAC 1-11-528FL was operating scheduled flight BA5390 from Birmingham to Malaga. 13 minutes after takeoff, one windshield blew out, as a result of which the aircraft commander, Timothy Lancaster, was half thrown out of the cockpit. After 20 minutes, the co-pilot was able to land the plane at Southampton Airport. Lancaster suffered serious injuries but survived. And 5 months later he returned to the helm.

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Archer at the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan, 2016.

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Sheikh Lutfallah Mosque is a masterpiece of Persian architecture. It was built during the Safavid reign and is located on the eastern side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan (Iran).

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This oak door in Westminster Abbey is the oldest door in Britain. It has stood for over 950 years and was made during the time of Edward the Confessor in the 1050s.

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On March 18, 1944, 27-year-old Aimo Koivunen and his Finnish ski team were in Lapland, Finland's northernmost region, when they were attacked by superior Soviet forces. Tired after a long trek, Aimo remembered that he had a supply of Pervitin, an early form of methamphetamine. The soldier took all 30 tablets, five times the maximum allowable dose. When he woke up the next morning, he realized that he had traveled 100 km alone without food or ammunition. Aimo continued to ski, repeatedly met with Soviet troops, but always escaped, even after being wounded by a mine.

In total he covered 400 kilometers. In the end, German sappers found him. Upon arrival at the hospital, Koivunen weighed just 43 kg and his heart was beating at 200 beats per minute. He lived to be 71 and died in 1989.

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Portrait of a dissatisfied girl, 1850s.

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1500 year old Mayan ceramic figurine with removable helmet from El Peru, Petén, Guatemala.

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Time service operator at a telephone exchange, 1928. Chicago, USA.

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A rare 19th-century photograph of the Great Sphinx from a hot air balloon.

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Before and after the excavation and restoration of the Ziggurat at Ur, Iraq. The temple complex was built about 4,000 years ago by the king of the Neo-Sumerian empire, Ur-Nammu.

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Temporary hospital during the Vietnam War, 1970.

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Hindu Amar Bharati made a vow to Lord Shiva in 1973 and has kept his hand raised ever since.

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2000-year-old Thracian chariot with skeletons of horses.

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Nobel Prize winners Marie Curie and Pierre Curie shortly after their wedding. France, 1895.

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Archaeologists have found a face cream made 2000 years ago. The iron jar from the Roman era even retains fingerprints. The cream was made from refined animal fat, starch and tin.

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In 1989, a photograph of a veteran attracted the attention of the world community. In the photo taken by Ivan Kurtov, cadets of the Nakhimov School salute veteran Anatoly Leopoldovich Golimbievsky.

Although the photograph was approved by ITAR-TASS, many Leningrad publications did not dare to print the photograph, they were afraid to raise the topic of the difficult life of disabled military personnel.

In 1990, Ivan Kurtov’s work took first place in the world photo competition World Press Photo, and newspapers immediately began printing a photograph of the front-line soldier on the front page.