Interesting facts about objects. Interesting facts about interesting things (10 photos)

We invite you to familiarize yourself with interesting facts about the most ordinary things.

1. The holes on the caps of the pens began to be made so that people who accidentally swallow them do not suffocate.
2. There are unique singing roads in Japan: if you drive along them at a certain speed, you can hear their melodies.
3. The first armored car of the American president was confiscated from Al Capone.
4. There is a store in London that has been operating since 1918, where, as the owners of the establishment assure, they can sell you salt made from human tears. The assortment includes salt from tears caused by anger, cutting onions, sneezes, laughter and grief.
5. Squirrels can purr.
6. When she was still a child, Jodie Foster starred in her first film, she was attacked by a lion. The scars are for life.
7. The little bird warbler-badger can fly 4,000 kilometers without stopping. If at the beginning of the journey it weighs 23 grams, then at the end of it there are only nine grams left.
8. Acrotomophilia - a passion for amputation of limbs. Someone Alex Mensaert lost his leg in an accident. Alex liked it, and he voluntarily underwent several more operations to amputate healthy limbs. Now he lives with one left hand and is quite happy.
9. One day, Jimmy Carter forgot the codes needed to launch a nuclear attack in his jacket pocket, which he sent to the dry cleaners.
10. Once George Lucas needed help to make some cabinets for the house, and he hired a failed actor named Harrison Ford. While work was going on, Lucas took a closer look at Ford and invited him to a role in the film "American Graffiti" (1973). Thus began one of the most successful careers in Hollywood.
11. In one of the Texas restaurants, visitors are offered a free steak. The trick is that you can not pay only if you eat the meat completely, and it is very large - more than two kilograms.
12. One 15-year-old teenager from Pakistan has achieved the closure of 780,000 porn sites.
13. There are currently 18.6 million empty homes in America. This would be enough to allocate three American houses for every inhabitant of Scotland, or six for every homeless American.
14. Chronophobia is a neurotic fear of the passage of time. Most often found in prisoners sentenced to long terms.
15. In 1902, Albert Einstein had a daughter. Nobody knows what happened to her.
16. There are four different scientific theories that explain why a bathroom curtain pulls in when you take a shower.
17. The temperature of lightning is five times the temperature of the surface of the Sun.
18. The youngest mother in history was only five years old..
19. Liquid from young coconuts can be used as a replacement for blood plasma.
20. In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive cars, but they are allowed to fly planes.
21. A strong earthquake can affect the speed of the Earth's rotation, which means it can change the length of the day.
22. Pope Leo X had a pet, the white Asian elephant Hanno, who died from a laxative containing natural gold.
23. "Gorilla" comes from Greek word meaning "tribe of hairy women".
24. At the Wizard emerald city there is a sequel. In it, the main character is placed in psychiatric hospital because no one believed her story.
25. Having digested one sheet of paper, termites are able to release up to two liters of hydrogen. This means that termites can be included among the most efficient bioreactors on the planet.

What is the most popular word in the world, can bees count and when did it snow in the Sahara Desert? Read about this and much more in this collection of unusual facts.

1. When you fly in an airplane, your hair grows 2 times faster.

2. Human DNA is 30% identical to lettuce DNA.

3. Sneeze with open eyes impossible.

4. Global warming will deprive mankind of beer.

5. People with blue eyes more sensitive to pain than everyone else.

7. If you shout at a glass of water for 80 years, you can boil it.

8. A cockroach lives without a head for 9 days, after which it dies of hunger.

9. In Windows, you cannot create a folder called "Con", this word was called Bill Gates in childhood.

10. If Coca-Cola was not tinted, it would be green.

11. The movie Titanic cost more than the Titanic itself.

33. Almost everyone who read this text tried to lick their elbow.

34. The nose grows throughout a person's life.

35. In Russian and English there is no word for the back of the knee.

36. Tongue prints are individual for all people.

37. More living organisms live on the body of one person than people on Earth.

38. One hair can support a weight of 3 kg.

39. If you add up all the numbers on the casino roulette wheel, you get magic number 666.

40. The Coca-Cola Company for a long time could not find its name for sale in China. The fact is that the Chinese pronounce the name of this drink as “Kekukela”, which means “Bite the Wax Tadpole”. The company had to go through 40,000 spellings for its trademark before it chose "Coku Cole," which means "Happiness in the Mouth."

As the x-ray showed, under the Mona Lisa known to us, there are three of its previous versions.

Women change...

Napoleon read at a speed of two thousand words per minute (about 12,000 characters). Balzac read a novel of two hundred pages in half an hour. True, nowhere does it say whether he could retell its contents ...

If real woman had the proportions of a Barbie doll, she could only move on 4 limbs. Somewhat convenient, of course, but ...

On horse symbolism in sculpture. If the statue of a horse rider has both front legs raised, this means that the person died in battle. If the horse has only one leg raised, then the person died from wounds received in battle. If the horse has all 4 legs on the ground, then the person died a natural death. Nothing is known about the fate of the horses themselves ...

Beethoven was once arrested for vagrancy. From prison and from the bag, as they say ...

More than 20% of all trees in the world are Siberian larches.

Peanuts are used in the production of dynamite. Military-strategic nuts, however ...

Most people lose 50% of their sense of taste by age 60. (And the vodka is tasteless, hehe…)

By the way, 27,529,124 liters of beer are drunk every minute in the world.

Captain Cook was the first person to set foot on all the continents of the Earth (except Antarctica).

Perhaps he knew the Japanese saying: " Good husband always healthy and not at home."

Blonde beards grow faster than dark ones.

During his life, a person produces so much saliva that it would be enough for 2 large pools. And if he looms in front of his nose fried potatoes or garlic croutons……?

The tooth is the only part of a person that lacks the ability to heal itself. Why aren't we beavers...

Polar bears are left-handed. Although from a right-handed blow, I think it won’t seem enough either ...

And the zoo in Tokyo closes for 2 months every year so that the animals can (finally!!!) take a break from people.

In 1880, cocaine was freely sold to treat colds, neuralgia, headaches, and insomnia. Glorious, however, there were times ...

In 1982, Englishman William Hall wanted to commit suicide by drilling a hole in his skull with a drill. I don’t know if he was a cat with seven lives in past reincarnations, but the benyaga died only when he made the eighth hole.

In the 1940s, the Bich pen changed its name to Bic - to avoid resemblance to the word bitch - "bitch". In my opinion, in vain - there was such a fun in the offices, probably ...

And 97% of people who are offered a new pen will write their name first.

11% of all broken photocopiers fail because people sit on them to copy their body parts. And obviously these are not copies of the ears made ...

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never called his mother and wife: they were both deaf. But I certainly wanted to brag about it ...

But his women are not alone: ​​25% of today's world population has never made a phone call.

In the 15th century, it was believed that the red color heals: the sick put on red and surrounded themselves with red things. No wonder they had a high mortality rate there in the Middle Ages...

80% heat human body goes out of my head. Apparently, "hot heads" is not a euphemism...

If honey is poured with boiling water, then it will smell like boiled crayfish.

And in the village of Lobovskoe Saratov region there lives a beekeeper who is able to withstand 40 hours in a hive with bees completely naked. It's not clear why he...
More people die each year from bee stings than from snake bites.

The animal that can go without drinking the longest is the rat. Not a camel...

No new animal has been domesticated in the last 4,000 years. Mankind has succumbed...

When a person smiles, 17 muscles work.

"Swing" the right muscles, gentlemen!

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Heels were not designed for female legs, the umbrella was not used at all as protection from the rain, but the famous bubble wrap was invented for special purposes that hardly anyone would guess. There are many such things in our everyday life, and the initial application can be absolutely incredible. Especially when it comes to ordinary pillow in the bedroom.

1. Shoes with heels

Hundreds of beauties will be disappointed, but heels were not invented for women's legs. In the 16th century, heeled shoes were made for Persian soldiers, whom they helped to maintain stability when shooting from a bow while riding. Good new development in the next century, European women noticed, who won the privilege of wearing heels. At first it was only ladies from higher strata society, but then fashion descended to everyone else.

2. Tea

Now we drink this delicious drink almost every day. But in ancient times, tea was available only to a few. It appeared in China and not as a drink, but as a medicine that gives strength and strengthens the immune system. Later, the marvelous remedy began to be used in Europe, where doctors gave tea to patients with gout. Some even claimed that they could save a dying person if he drank 50 cups a day. This, of course, is too much, but now the benefits of tea in moderation are obvious to everyone.

3. Hidden pocket on jeans

Almost any jeans have this strange addition. At first glance, it seems absolutely useless, then we try to put coins, a lighter, or other small items in there. And then, completely disappointed in its convenience, we think that the manufacturers simply made fun of it by adding a completely unnecessary detail. But not everything is so simple. It turns out that we just don't know, but this pocket was originally designed specifically for carrying small pocket watches. Here they are just perfectly placed and get with ease. Here's what it looks like:

4. Stand for a mug of beer

A small detail that has long become a familiar attribute of a beer mug. In fact, this coaster is called a coaster, which means "beer cap" in German. In the 19th century, it was conceived for summer cafes, in which it is necessary to protect the foamy drink from various insects, dust and falling leaves. And only later, someone savvy decided to use a stand to protect the table from scratches and beer stains.

5. T-shirt

The US Navy used this piece of clothing as underwear. It was worn under uniforms during the Spanish-American War. And on submarines, crew members wore T-shirts before bed, instead of nightgowns. Their convenience so captivated the military people that they began to use clothes in Everyday life. When the new thing reached civilians, it quickly gained the popularity of millions.

6. Bubble wrap

Polyethylene bubble wrap perfectly protects fragile items during transportation. And before it was used for a completely different purpose. The creators of the film came up with it to stick on the walls in the form of wallpaper, which was very easy to clean. For an idea modern application we should be grateful to marketer Frederick Bowers. It was he who first used bubble wrap to package IBM computers.

7. Umbrella

Now an umbrella is an indispensable item for protection from the rain. But before it was relevant in sunny weather. Not for nothing even in the title different languages there are hints of the true purpose of the umbrella: parasol means "from the sun", and zondek is "canopy from the sun". The usual use for us appeared only in 1750.

8. Coca-Cola

The creator of the drink is considered a veteran civil war in the USA and pharmacist John Pemberton. He invented it specifically in order to get rid of morphine addiction. Due to war wounds, he suffered from pain, which he drowned out with morphine. Initially, the drink included kola nuts, alcohol and coca leaves, the ingredient from which cocaine is made. Subsequently, the pharmacist replaced alcohol with a mixture of cane sugar and began to sell "Pemberton's French Coca-Wine" (the first name of the product) as a cure for morphine addiction. Later, he sold the rights to the drink and, under the new name Coca-Cola, all the children of the world began to adore him.

9. Pillow

About nine thousand years ago, in what is now Iraq, pillows were used to protect against insects. People who slept on the ground were thus saved from annoying insects that strove to get into the nose, ears and even mouth. Only the pillow was not as comfortable and pleasant as it is now, because it was made of stone! This experience was also adopted by Japanese geishas, ​​who slept on hard supports under their necks so that they could save their lush hairstyle during sleep. And even in the Middle Ages, the pillow was not yet considered an item of everyday use. It was used only by monarchs and pregnant women as a symbol of effeminacy and capriciousness.

Every day we are surrounded by many things familiar to us, about which we seem to know everything that is possible. But in reality this is far from the case. Even such a seemingly simple item as a toothpick can still surprise you. Don't believe? Soon you will see for yourself 🙂 Before you 15 unexpected facts about everyday things that will prove to you that amazing is always there. Enjoy watching!

1. Salted pineapple

It sounds strange, but if you add salt to a pineapple, it will become even sweeter. Just try.

2. Inventor of the fire hydrant

The name of the person who patented the invention of the fire hydrant is unknown. Because the building where these records were kept burned down. Ironic, yes.

3. Cardinal directions

If you walk north for a long time, sooner or later you will find yourself walking south. No matter how long you go west, you don't start going east.

4. Bed mites

Within 10 years, the weight of your mattress doubles. This is because tiny bed mites live in it, whose waste products make the weight of the bed heavier. So change mattresses often!

5. Chocolate as medicine

Milk with chocolate is a drink that we love for its pleasant taste. But did you know that it was originally marketed as a drug invented by an Irish general practitioner?

6. Bed of death

Beds are a lot more dangerous than you think. In the US alone, about 450 people have died from falling out of bed in their sleep. So be careful!

7. Barcode reader

Did you know that when reading a barcode, white stripes are read, not black ones? The reader shines a beam of light at the barcode, and the white stripes reflect it back.

8. Making M&M's

In fact, M&M's were created specifically for World War II soldiers to carry chocolate around without fear of it melting in the heat.

9 Dangerous Lightning

Injuries caused by pants zippers are not as uncommon as they might seem. Every year, about 20,000 people go to the doctor with lightning injuries.

10. Surname Barbie

She has not only a first name, but also a surname, as well as a middle name. Her real name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

11. Why created a chainsaw

Initially, chain saws were created as a surgical tool designed to help with childbirth.

12. Toothpick tip

The thick tip of a toothpick was designed to be broken off and used as a coaster.

13. Bees and reproduction

The male bee mates once in a lifetime, after which it loses its genitals and dies.

14. ATM PIN

The creator of the ATM originally planned that the PIN codes would consist of six digits, but then he had to change this number to four, because. his wife couldn't remember anymore.

15. Matches or lighters?

Do you think matches were invented before lighters? And here it is not.