25 interesting short facts from different areas of our lives (26 photos)

It is impossible to know everything in the world. But our brain loves to explore, learn new things, question something, gain new knowledge. Let's learn some interesting facts about everything in the world. Perhaps you have already met some of them, and some you will see for the first time.





1. Octopuses have blue blood. This is due to the copper content in their blood - unlike humans, which contains iron



2. Avocado is a fruit. And from a botanical point of view, it is usually classified as a berry.





3. Flamingos turn pink due to constant consumption of crustaceans. It sounds like a joke, but it's true - the chicks are born gray, and become pink by feeding on planktonic crustaceans.



4. There is a phobia called allodoxaphobia. This is an irrational fear of the opinions of other people, because of which a person is afraid to be himself



5. Spam accounts for 48.16% of email traffic worldwide



6. Australia is wider than the moon. The diameter of the latter is 3700 km, and the width of Australia is 4000 km



7. A male ladybug can mate with a female for up to four hours - even if she is already dead. And he doesn’t understand it right away



8. Teeth are the only part of the human body that is not capable of healing and self-healing.



9. One horse has 15 horsepower. These animals can really develop such power



10. German chocolate cake was not created in Germany. It was invented in the USA. This is how deceiving our world is



11. When we take a warm shower, we experience an increased influx of dopamine. You can get an even greater “dose” of dopamine by taking a contrast shower.



12. There is no rattle in the tail of a rattlesnake. At the end of their tail, the scales are collected into movable segments, with which the snake “cracks” if it is disturbed.



13. Venus and Uranus are the only planets in the solar system that rotate clockwise around their axis



14. Cats can fall from great heights. The most traumatic height for them is considered to be a relatively low height - 2-4 floors. In this case, the animal simply does not have time to group correctly. But a fall from an 8th floor height can already be fatal.



15. By the time the pyramids were built in Egypt, mammoths were still living in northern Siberia



16. Nutmeg is a hallucinogen. The spice contains myristicin, a natural compound that, when consumed in large doses, leads to hallucinations and a euphoric state.



17. Numbers on runways are indicated for pilots. They show at what angle the runway is located relative to the Earth's magnetic poles



When flying, pilots can navigate using these signs like a compass. This is done so that the pilot can easily navigate if the instruments fail.

18. Coral reefs are found in only 1% of the world's oceans. It's like the size of France



19. Charlie Chaplin once took part in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike competition and took second place.



20. The first artificial object in space was a manhole cover. There is a version that in 1957, during nuclear weapons tests in the United States, the lid flew off and ended up in space.



21. Black holes in space evaporate over time. This is something similar to Hawking radiation, and occurs due to the interaction of matter and antimatter particles inside the hole, which obeys the laws of quantum physics



22. In Florida, it is against the law to walk an alligator on a leash.



23. The Japanese expression "Kuchi zamishi" means eating when you are not hungry, but when "your mouth feels lonely."



24. According to statistics, the safest mode of transport in the world is an airplane. The chances of dying in flight are much lower than when traveling by car or train.



25. In 2014, we met for the first time through Tinder in Antarctica. A man working at an Antarctic station and a woman camping nearby have found each other in the most remote part of the world.