18 interesting facts that you may learn about for the first time (19 photos)

Even very erudite people do not know everything about our world simply because it is impossible. In this post you will learn interesting facts about everything.





Every tenth inhabitant of Central Asia is a descendant of Genghis Khan



You're only three times more likely to die in a plane crash than to be eaten by a mountain lion.





When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, Pablo Picasso was among the suspects



Kangaroos can't run, only jump. But their jumps can reach eight meters in length. And kangaroos can't move backwards



You're 14 percent more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day



Most diamonds are at least three billion years old



Heroin was originally used as a cough medicine



40 percent of humanity does not live to see their first birthday



Summer on Neptune lasts forty years, although the temperature there is minus 200 degrees Celsius



It turns out that peacock feathers are mostly brown. The structure of feathers is based on two-dimensional crystalline structures, and light waves reflected with distortions give a multi-colored illusion



Every 14 days, one dialect of any language in the world dies



Psychologists have not yet defined the term "personality"



Scientists have calculated that if you dig a hole through the ground and make a jump, it will last exactly 42 minutes and 12 seconds



More people go to Temple on Sundays in China than in all of Europe



Moon dust smells like gunpowder



The first circumcision was done in Ancient Egypt. At that time it was made with stone shears



The skunk doesn't just shoot out caustic liquid, it tries to get into the enemy's eyes. Its toxic venom shoots up to seven meters away and acts like tear gas.



The egg shell consists of 70,000 microscopic pores, and thanks to them, air enters the egg and allows the embryo to breathe