25 interesting facts that are very well remembered (26 photos)

There are such things that if you have ever heard or read about them somewhere, you can no longer get them out of your head. This collection of interesting facts is a clear confirmation of this.





1. There is a company that allows you to perpetuate the memory of a loved one in the form of a coral reef



The urn containing the ashes is buried in a specially designed reef made of environmentally friendly concrete, which is placed on the ocean floor. It becomes overgrown with corals and becomes a monument to a life well lived. The company is called Eternal Reef.

2. The expression “sweats like a pig” is technically incorrect because pigs physically cannot sweat.





3. A blue whale's tongue weighs more than most elephants.



4. All three of Tom Cruise's ex-wives were 33 years old at the time of their divorce.



There are even conspiracy theories about this.

5. Once upon a time, waffles with arsenic were eaten to improve skin condition and fight freckles.



Well, until people realized that it was slowly killing them.

6. Sorry, Disney, but the first full-length animated film came out 20 years before Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.



It was a 1917 Argentine silent film called El Apostol.

7. German chocolate cake was actually invented in Texas by a lady named Mrs. George Clay.



The word German in the name of the dessert did not mean “German”, but just the name of the American Sam German, who created chocolate for Baker's Chocolate Company. This chocolate was used in the original cake recipe.

8. Nicolas Cage is known in Hollywood for his extravagance and love of outlandish acquisitions.



His past purchases include a $150,000 pet octopus, haunted houses and shrunken pygmy heads. And these are just a few examples.

9. Raw pistachios may spontaneously ignite if stored in large quantities.



10. Even though it's illegal and dangerous, you can walk across the Bering Strait when it freezes in winter.



11. Barbie doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts



12. Owls don't have eyeballs. Their eyes are motionless



So owls don't move their eyes, but they can turn their heads horizontally 180 degrees and tilt them back and forth 270 degrees. In this they have no equal.

13. In Japan, editors added a fifth finger to Bob the Builder's hands to prevent viewers from thinking he was connected to the Japanese Yakuza mafia.



According to the BBC, Yakuza members "cut off their little fingers as a sign that they could be trusted and had willpower."

14. Jennifer Lawrence skins squirrels in preparation for her role in Winter's Bone



15. Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down, mainly due to the structure of their beaks.



16. Google's search engine was originally called BackRub



17. Pound cake made from flour, butter, eggs and sugar gets its name because each ingredient is taken in the amount of one pound.



18. Before achieving fame, Madonna worked at Dunkin' Donuts. She was fired for throwing jelly on a customer.



19. Walt Disney hated the Goofy character, calling him a "stupid cartoon"



20. The Monkey Banquet festival is held annually in Thailand.



Residents of Lop Buri are honoring the 3,000 monkeys who live near Phra Prang Sam Yot Temple by providing them with 4.5 tons of fruits, vegetables and other treats.

21. Packages of grated cheese usually contain cellulose to prevent it from sticking together.



22. Shakira's school teacher forbade her to perform in the choir and said that she sings terrible



Former classmates also claim that she did not sing, “bleated like a goat.”

23. Corn cobs usually have an even number of rows - on average there are 16.



24. Jack Nicholson grew up believing that his mother, June, was his sister and his grandmother, Ethel May, was his mother.



He learned the truth only after their deaths.

25. And finally, long before New York City received its iconic nickname, the Big Apple, it was known as the New Orange.



When the Dutch captured New York from the British in 1673, they renamed the state New Orange in honor of William III of Orange. But this did not last long because the following year the British regained control of the city and renamed it New York.