Vengeful wasps, lilacs for diabetes and other interesting facts about the world around us (10 photos)

Even though the work week has just begun, it's time to relax and make the most of your Monday evening. And the best way to do this is with another selection of interesting facts and stories about everything in the world.





It’s hard to imagine, but uranium the weight of one butterfly was enough to destroy Hiroshima. We are talking about half a gram, which is converted into energy that gives the destructive power of an atomic bomb.



Few people know that there are mountains on Saturn’s moon Titan. But what is more interesting is that they are named after the mountains of Middle-earth from the work of J. R. R. Tolkien.





That's why it's important to know at least a little history! One of the politicians in Nambia is called Adolf Hitler Uunona. His father thought it was just an interesting name for some celebrity, with absolutely no idea what kind of person was behind it.



It is no secret that Alexander the Great showed a sincere interest in science. And all because his mentor was Aristotle, who instilled in the future king a love of botany and medicine. That is why he took scientists on his campaigns of conquest to study the captured lands.



Among diabetics, a drug such as metformin, which, as it turns out, is obtained from lilac, is widespread. At least in the Middle Ages, it was lilac that was used to treat the symptoms of diabetes.



In nature, large mammals live much longer than small ones. However, this rule does not apply to dogs, among whom this law applies in reverse.

The Geneva Convention has a rather strange clause that prohibits pretending to be dead during war in order to deceive and eliminate the enemy.



It is known that sperm whales are able to communicate with each other across thousands of kilometers using echolocation. True, it is dangerous for a person to be nearby at this moment, since these same vibrations can cause instant paralysis or even death.

Today there are many poisons in the world. One of them is ciguatoxin, the peculiarity of which is that a person begins to feel cold instead of warmth and vice versa.



Surely, many have at least once experienced a feeling of déjà vu. So the chance of its occurrence increases noticeably if your body is stressed and tired.



It turns out that until 2016, coffee was on the list of substances that cause cancer. But scientists could not prove this, but they found that daily consumption of this drink, on the contrary, reduces the development of prostate and breast diseases.



Well, let’s end with the danger of wasps, from which it is almost impossible to hide. It turns out that if you try to hide from them by diving into a body of water, they will wait until you reappear from the water and just continue to sting you.