33 curious facts about the world that impress even the most knowledgeable people !!!
The world is a great work of art.
Have you ever thought that the air you breathe could have been breathed by a pharaoh or a simple peasant?
Yes, the world really is a great work of art!
Fortunately, with the growth of the internet, we may be aware of many interesting curiosities.
With that in mind, we brought 33 incredible trivia about the world we live in.
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An average candy bar contains eight pieces of insects.
Strawberry is not a fruit, but a pseudofruit, ie a fake fruit that did not originate from the ovary of the flower.
Humans completely renew the outer skin every month.
There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand in the world.
Mosquitoes killed more humans than all the wars in history.
France killed people in the guillotine until 1977.
For every human on earth, there are 1.6 million ants.
The jaw is the most commonly used joint in the human body.
If you live to be 80, one person will walk the equivalent of five times the equator
Killer whales are not whales, they are dolphins; and starfish are not fish - they are sea urchins
Dolphins can call each other by name
The naked mole rat is immune to cancer and can live practically without oxygen.
A piece of space junk returns to earth every day.
A whale can weigh up to 180 tons and only move in the ocean because water supports the weight.
Due to gravity, the theoretical maximum height of a tree is 130 meters.
An average adult contains seven quintillion joules of potential energy, which is equal to 30 hydrogen bombs.
Approximately 99% of the earth's gold is located in the core of the planet.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
Being struck by lightning warms the skin to 27,760 degrees Celsius.
The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only twelve letters (A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W).
The strongest muscle in the human body (proportional to its size) is the tongue.
The first person who came up with the idea of attaching the wheels to his office chair to move faster was Charles Darwin.
The three best selling products in human history are the Harry Potter books, the iPhone and the Rubik's Cube.
To recognize a true diamond from a fake, breathe out into them. The false ones will blur while the real ones will be clean.
In addition to the five senses, you also have proprioception, awareness of the position of your body parts.
A cockroach may live a few weeks without its head, but first it will starve to death.
In Spanish, the word "wife" also means "wife," but it also means "handcuff."
When we get fat or lose weight, fat cells change size but do not disappear.
Almost 99% of microbes that live inside humans are not known to science.
When people cut themselves with the paper, they feel more pain than regular cuts. And such a wound almost never bleeds. These wounds have nerve endings open in the air, which causes irritation.
To burn a calorie by clicking the mouse, people would need to click ten million times.
Ice cubes made with tap water are white, while those made with boiled water are transparent.
Little birds don't get shocked when they land on high voltage wires because the bird's paw distance is so short, not enough to generate an electrical potential between two points (DDP). That is, the electricity released to the bird will not cause it to discharge because it will not be touching anything but the wire. If, however, the bird becomes unbalanced and touches another object, it will receive an electric shock and die.