From “police geese” to the time loop: interesting facts about our wonderful world (15 photos)

Our world is full of amazing things. It would seem that today humanity already knows a lot, but new facts are constantly appearing. Therefore, it is simply impossible to know everything, even about the simplest things. However, today we will expand our knowledge a little.





It turns out that wild animals have a great taste in perfume. For example, cheetahs like the scent from Calvin Klein. This was discovered when photographers decided to attract shy cats for filming.



Often, people mistakenly think that matches appeared before the lighter, probably due to their primitive appearance. Only it appeared in 1823, 4 years earlier than matches.





In Christmas and New Year's foreign films, Santa has been shown more than once flying on a sleigh with reindeer. But what gender are they? Only males shed their antlers for winter. So the bearded wizard’s sleigh is pulled by “strong and independent” females.



It won't stray far from cinema, where you can also often find fire-breathing dragons. But can a snake give off fire? Yes, only if she eats the decomposing body of an animal, and it explodes during digestion.



Then the produced methane will remain in the stomach, and a spark will be enough to flare it up.

Among birds, there are many species that can fly high. However, most of them are easily surpassed by bees, which can rise to a height of up to 9 thousand meters.



The intelligence of dogs is comparable to the thinking of a two-year-old child. That is why they can remember up to 250 gestures and words.



Also, the Chinese police use geese for their vigilance and ability to make loud noise. And “police geese” sounds pretty funny.



We have all used lemon juice or drunk lemonade at least once. But lemons do not exist in the natural environment. They were created by crossing oranges and citrons. So before they created lemonade, people created lemons.



Is there a place on the planet where negative temperatures have never been observed? Eat. And oddly enough, this is Malta. On this European island nation, the thermometer has never dropped below zero.



Diamonds are not actually valuable or rare. Their price increased due to the international diamond mining company De Beers, which at some point limited supplies and raised prices, creating the illusion of a shortage. But people have no choice; they have to buy what they give, playing by the rules of the market.



We often come across monuments dedicated to some historical figures sitting on a horse. It is by the horse's legs that one can find out how a particular person died. If only one leg is raised, then he died from the wounds received in the battle. If there are two, it means he died immediately in battle, and drooping limbs signify natural death. But there are exceptions to this pattern, like the Bronze Horseman.





Most people have at least once encountered such a problem as a temporary blackout. This is when it seems to you that you are extremely concentrated, but at some point you suddenly forget what you were doing a minute ago. It turns out that approximately 13% of our lives are spent in this state, but for some this figure can be twice as much.



Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt, famous for its pyramids. Surprisingly, the years of her life are much closer in time to human flight into space than to the construction of the pyramids, which appeared in 2540 BC. The queen herself lived in the 30s BC. e.



What facts aroused your greatest interest and became a discovery?