Cruel Mulan, beer alcoholism, not a bonsai tree and other interesting facts (10 photos)

The work week is already coming to an end, which means it’s time to organize a short break for yourself to broaden your horizons a little with another selection of interesting facts about everything in the world.





What do you think is popular in the world after water? It’s hard to imagine, but concrete is in 2nd place in demand.



If you don't know how big your gallbladder is, just look at your thumb. Yes, that's exactly what he looks like.

We have all seen and know perfectly well how a candle burns. However, in zero gravity its flame will look different. Not only will it be blue, but it will also burn not upward, but in different directions, forming a sphere.





It turns out that beer alcoholism has its own name. And it sounds like gambrinism.



Many people are accustomed to breaking eggs with a sharp knife, which creates small fragments that risk falling into a frying pan or plate. However, you can get rid of this. It is enough to hit it with a flat surface, not a sharp one.



Not only do centipedes already look, to put it mildly, not very nice, but among them there are also luminescent species. Let's face it, they certainly haven't gotten any more beautiful.



Deer, usually sharing a female or territory, often risk an unenviable fate due to their stubbornness. Sometimes their horns become so interlocked that they cannot free themselves and both die of starvation.

Surely many have heard about bonsai, mistakenly thinking that this is the name of the tree. In fact, this is the name for the method of growing an ordinary tree, but in miniature conditions.



Did you know that the smartest dogs can understand and remember up to 250 words? This is comparable to the intellectual capabilities of a child aged 2.5 years.

Many people are familiar with the iconic Australian military hat, but few people know why one edge is so funny curved. And this was done for a very practical purpose: to make it more convenient to throw the rifle on the shoulder.



If you, being close to someone, sweat more than others, then know that you are the No. 1 target for a mosquito that selects by smell and body temperature.

Everyone associates Disney princesses with something sweet and kind, but there is one person among them who can hardly be called such. And this is Mulan, who killed 1995 people in the cartoon of the same name.



Well, let's finish with an interesting fact about thunderstorms. About 50 lightning strikes the ground every second around the world. So the risk of being attacked is not so small.