30 facts about which you probably did not know

We offer you a selection of interesting facts from different fields of knowledge.

How our body reacts to sneezing? Where did Feng Shui? Who can fly backwards and what is the fear of erections? For these and many other questions that you may not even have to ask, you'll find the answers in this issue. Interesting facts from various spheres of life. Curiosity, interest and educate!

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1. Parallel lines in space intersect.

2. Feng Shui initially is the art of decorating graves.

3. When you sneeze all body functions stop.. even your heart.

4. Duck quacking does not echo.

5. At most the number of push UPS at a time — 46001

6. A snake can sleep for 3 years

7. The length of the hair on his head the average person in their lifetime – 725 kilometers.

8. Gold is so rare metal that one hour in the world are finding more iron than in the entire history of found gold.

9. The heart of the white whale the size of a Volkswagen beetle.

10. 100 000 000 sexual acts happening daily in the world. Only 910,000 of them end with fertilization.

11. Lisztomania — the need to listen to music all the time.

12. Ithyphallophobia — fear of erection.

13. One billion seconds is about 37 years.

14. Language chameleon twice as long as his body

15. Michael Jordan in his second year of College did not take the basketball team because of small growth.

16. In Kenya, the cost of bribes constitute one third of the domestic budget.

17. The runner is able to start to get ahead of the race car in the first 10 meters.

18. Acne can be eliminated with the mixture of milled tablets of any antibiotic, aspirin and suprastin (one), with the addition of a drop of water.

19. The Hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.

20. Giant lizards Komodo attack even deer and wild boar.

21. Every fourth American was shown on TV.

22. Half of men do not wash their hands after using the toilet.

23. If a yellow Canary feed red pepper, color of her feathers will become a bright orange.

24. For precise balance and aerodynamic properties of the eagle, at loss of feather from one wing loses the same pen from the other wing.

25. In the 18th century the soldiers who fought against the armies of Frederick, brought cockroaches in Moscow and in Petersburg. Prior to that, cockroaches were not.

26. To crack a nut by dropping it in hot water for 48 hours.

27. Between the plates of the pyramid of Cheops is impossible to slide the blade.

28. In Finland there is a championship on dragging of wives. The winner receives a quantity of beer equivalent to the weight of the couple.

29. Eagles mate in flight.

30. Drivers kill more deer than hunters.