25 interesting facts about everything in the world (26 photos)

A fresh portion of various facts that will simultaneously quench your thirst for knowledge and be known as an erudite among your family and friends.





1. "In 2013, a California couple discovered more than 1,400 Double Eagle gold coins from the late 1800s buried in tin cans on their property. The coins are valued at $10 million."



2. Every year, more than 1,000,000 euros are thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy. This money is donated to the maintenance of a special supermarket for those in need.





3. One day Thelma Schoonmaker, a film editor working with Martin Scorsese, was asked how such a nice lady could edit such violent films. She replied, "Oh, so they weren't violent until I edited them."



4. Years of preventing small forest fires lead to the accumulation of underbrush that now feeds huge superfires.



5. Steven Spielberg wanted to make a James Bond film, but he was turned down. When he told George Lucas he was going to try his luck again, Lucas replied, "I have something better. It's called Raiders of the Lost Ark."



6. Since real wasabi is very expensive, it is almost always replaced with a mixture of horseradish, mustard, starch and green food coloring.



7. In the American city of Cincinnati there is a subway that was built but never used. It is recognized as the largest abandoned subway in the United States.



8. While writing the score for The Last Samurai, composer Hans Zimmer felt he knew too little about Japanese music, even after extensive research. Much to his surprise, when he brought his written music to Japan to receive criticism, he was asked how he knew so much about Japanese music.



9. Initially, the role of bridesmaids at a wedding was not moral support. Their presence was supposed to confuse evil spirits and those who planned to harm the bride.



10. On the Canada-US border on the St. Lawrence River east of Ontario there is an island called Just Room Enaf Island [lit. island "There's just enough space"]. The island fits one tree, a house and two chairs.



11. In 2009, a film was released that captured paint drying. This was a response to critics who often write that instead of some films it would be better to watch paint dry.



12. During the filming of Space Jam, Warner Brothers built an indoor basketball court called the Jordan Dome. Michael Jordan used it to get back into shape for his comeback and played on it against other NBA players and celebrities.



13. Jean Paul Getty, one of the richest men of all time, installed a pay phone in his home after he noticed that his phone bill was rising due to constant calls from guests.



14. The first word on the Internet was “lo.” It should have been “login”, but the computer froze and everything crashed after the first two letters.



15. The first ever comic book convention was held in New York in 1964. It took place in a small hotel room and brought together about 30 guests. The first person to sign up was a teenager named George R. R. Martin.



16. In 490 BC, expecting an easy victory, the Persians took a block of marble with them to Greece to carve a monument in honor of their triumph. After their defeat at the Battle of Marathon, this marble was used for the statue of Nemesis, the goddess of divine justice who strikes those who suffer from arrogance and pride.



17. Research has shown that students who take notes by hand retain more than those who type.



18. The Irish respected dogs so much that if a warrior or king won the loyalty of his dog, the prefix "Cu" meaning "dog" was added to his name so that everyone would know that this person was worthy of the dog's respect and loyalty.



19. There is a rare snail named after Steve Irwin, "Crikey steveirwini".



20. Starbucks white hot chocolate contains 78 grams of sugar (2 cans of soda) and more than 500 calories, more than a McDonald's Big Mac.



21. In 2012, a man at the Bronx Zoo deliberately jumped off a monorail into a tiger enclosure to become “one with the tiger.” The tiger attacked him, but the man survived, and when the police asked him why he did it, he replied: “Everyone makes a choice in life.”



22. Mexico is named after its capital, Mexico City, and not vice versa.



23. The prosthetic testicles Will Ferrell used in Step Brothers cost $10,000 and are now one of the most valuable items in his memorabilia collection.



24. Even 11,000 years ago, milk was poisonous to humans. Milk could only be consumed by turning it into cheese, thereby reducing the lactose level. Today, only a third of the adult population tolerates lactose, and the closer to the equator, the lower the level of tolerance.



25. The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Bell, never called his wife or mother because both were deaf.