The first “stalker”, colorblind Zuckerberg and other interesting facts about everything (10 photos)

The work week is coming to an end, which means it’s time to relax and spend time productively with another selection of interesting facts and stories about everything in the world. It will be interesting…





Despite the fact that Kevlar is considered a durable material, there is something that is ten times superior to it. Oddly enough, this is the web of some species of weaver spiders. According to the test results, it turned out that the impact strength of the web can reach up to 520 MJ/m3.



Scientists have found out what most often provokes dogs to bite a person on the face. In 76%, a similar reaction was caused by simply bending over the animal. This is probably the action our pets most often perceive as a threat.

Approximately 7.5% of the world's population suffers from dysculculia. This is what is called the inability to count. These people cannot multiply 2 by 2 and even understand what is greater - 6 or 7. Moreover, this is an exclusively independent illness that is in no way connected with other disorders of a person’s mental abilities.





Have you ever seen purple frogs? If not, then this is not surprising, because these “beauties” live in India. True, they are rarely seen there either, since they live underground, where they feed on termites, emerging only during the rainy season to mate.



In the 1900s, in some American department stores you could find people holding the position of "dismissed man." The gist of this employee was that he was being ostentatiously “fired” to appease angry customers.

Why is the Facebook logo color blue? The thing is that Zuckerberg suffers from color blindness, and it is this color that he recognizes best.

Today, only marginalized individuals can drink cologne, but not before. For example, Napoleon did this, who also took baths with it and actively watered himself with it. And all because he was sure that perfume helps against all diseases. True, this is what probably killed him. Arsenic was added to the cologne of that time, which led to the development of stomach cancer, from which he died.



Those who have ever had too much to drink are probably familiar with the feeling of not remembering anything in the morning. In fact, the memory is not erased. Simply, due to a large amount of alcohol, the brain stops forming memories. That is, you didn’t forget anything, you just didn’t remember anything.



If you don’t want to be in the kitchen all the time, you shouldn’t use yellow and orange colors in its design. They act as a natural appetite stimulant.

Psychologists came to an interesting conclusion during their observations. It turns out that people unconsciously adjust their speech style to the style of their interlocutor if they consider him an authority. If there are such people in your environment, try to observe.



In Australia, it is not easy to find the culprits of forest fires, because “fire hawks” live there. They throw burning sticks into areas not engulfed by fire to lure out their potential prey - small animals.



At the ancient Olympic Games there was a very interesting system of punishment for cheating athletes. They were not only fined by erecting bronze statues with the money received, but also the name of the deceiver and the way in which he tried to deceive the judges were indicated on them.

It's no secret that people who stalk celebrities are often called stalkers. But when did they appear? The first case of stalking was recorded in 1838, when 14-year-old Thomas Jones entered Buckingham Palace to steal Queen Victoria's underwear. In total, he made three unsuccessful attempts to steal what he wanted, for which he was sentenced to hard labor on a prison ship.



Well, let’s finish with a short fact about World War II. It’s hard to imagine, but among all countries, the largest volunteer army was assembled in India, and it consisted of 2.5 million people.