22 short interesting facts about everything in the world

Did you know that if you rub the soles of your feet with garlic, after about an hour you will feel a garlic taste in your mouth? Why this happens – read below. And also learn other interesting facts about everything in the world.

The water in the toilet should be flushed with the lid closed. This will reduce the number of airborne bacteria by half.

Cats have five fingers on their front paws, and only four on their hind legs. In total, cats have 18 fingers – two less than the vast majority of other animals.

Since the Moon has a crust, a mantle and a core, moonshakes also occur on it. They are weaker than earthquakes and occur much less frequently. Moonshakes can reach a strength of up to 5.5 points on the Richter scale.

A gold‑plated plate with a message to alien civilizations is installed on the Voyager-1 spacecraft. In addition to greetings in different languages and music, there is an electroencephalography recording of a young woman in love on it. This sound is somewhat similar to the explosions of firecrackers, however, it is the noise of love.

A caduceus is a staff with wings entwined with two snakes, the image of which is used as a sign of medicine in the United States. A little-known fact: initially it was a symbol of trade and thieves.

Spaniards jokingly call former Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco "the first cosmonaut of Spain". He was killed in a terrorist attack while returning by car from a church. The explosion threw his car onto the balcony of a nearby building, and it was not immediately found.

The Laborde chameleon is the shortest-lived terrestrial vertebrate in the world. They are found only in Madagascar and live only about five months. During the rainy season, the chameleons of Laborde grow and develop quickly, and with the onset of drought they die.

If you rub the soles of your feet with garlic, after about an hour you will feel a garlic taste in your mouth. The reason is an organic compound-allicin, which is formed during the mechanical destruction of garlic cells. Allicin has the properties of both water and fats, so it easily penetrates the body through the skin and spreads through it.

A woman from New Zealand named her children Metallica, Slayer and Pantera after her favorite rock bands.

Nelson Mandela was born into an African royal family. His great-grandfather was the ruler of one of the local peoples, and his father was a local leader.

In the 1890s, X-rays were widely used as entertainment. People could buy or assemble their own X-ray machines for use at home. Many of those who popularized this technology got cancer, underwent amputations of limbs and died early.

The electric guitar has overtaken the violin in the list of the most popular musical instruments for children. About 13% of children aged five to 17 years play the electric guitar, and 12% play the violin.

After breast reduction, some women may still feel a "phantom breast" — just as people with amputated arms or legs feel a phantom limb.

In 1859, Thailand tried to move the Angkor Wat temple to Bangkok (400 km), but it failed and had to build a copy of the structure.

The last words of Thomas de Machi, Marquis de Favras, after the death sentence was read to him, were: "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes."

The city of Carmel, Indiana, has the largest number of roundabouts in the country – there are 138 of them here! Due to the fact that ordinary intersections were replaced with roundabouts, the number of road accidents was reduced by 40%.

Whales make the longest sounds among the representatives of the animal kingdom: they can last up to 23 hours and spread over thousands of kilometers.

Mata Hari had two children with her husband, officer Rudolph McLeod. Both children were born infected with syphilis, which passed to them from their parents. The son died at the age of two, the daughter died at 21.

The official national sport in Argentina is pato, or "duck game". Eight riders are chasing a ball, trying to throw it into a giant net. Back in the early 17th century, instead of a ball, a live duck was used, hidden in a bag-bag. Hence the name of the sports game.

The human body produces 3.8 million new cells every second.

Cameroon sent $ 3.77 to the United States as aid during the Great Depression. In terms of today's exchange rate, this is about $ 57.

An adult can drown in the grain in just 20 seconds. Most of the people who fell into the "grain trap" could not escape.