Newborns typically have about 270 bones, most of which are very small. This makes the skeleton more flexible and helps the baby pass through the birth canal and grow quickly. As we grow older, many of these bones fuse together. The adult human skeleton consists on average of 200–213 bones.
2. The Eiffel Tower grows 15 centimeters in summer
The huge structure is built with temperature expansion joints, allowing the steel to expand and contract without any damage.
When steel heats up, it begins to expand and takes up more volume. This is called thermal expansion. Conversely, a drop in temperature leads to a decrease in volume. For this reason, large structures, such as bridges, are built with expansion joints that allow them to change in size without damage.
3. 20% of oxygen comes from the Amazon rainforest
flickr.com/thiagomarraThe Amazon rainforest covers 5.5 million square kilometers. The Amazon jungle produces a significant portion of the oxygen on Earth, absorbing huge amounts of carbon dioxide, which is why it is often called the lungs of the planet.
4. Some metals are so reactive that they explode even when in contact with water.
Some metals and compounds - potassium, sodium, lithium, rubidium and cesium - exhibit increased chemical activity, so they can ignite with lightning speed when in contact with air, and if they are placed in water, they can even explode.
5. A teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh 6 billion tons.
Neutron stars are the remains of massive stars, consisting mainly of a neutron core covered with a relatively thin (about 1 km) crust of matter in the form of heavy atomic nuclei and electrons. The cores of stars that died during a supernova explosion were compressed under the influence of gravity. This is how super-dense neutron stars were formed. Astronomers have found that the mass of neutron stars can be comparable to the mass of the Sun, although their radius does not exceed 10–20 kilometers.
6. Every year, Hawaii gets 7.5 cm closer to Alaska.
The earth's crust consists of several huge parts - tectonic plates. These plates are constantly moving along with the upper layer of the mantle. Hawaii is located in the middle part of the Pacific Plate, which is slowly drifting northwest toward the North American Plate, on which Alaska is located. Tectonic plates move at the same speed as human fingernails grow.
7. In 2.3 billion years, Earth will be too hot to support life.
Our planet will eventually become an endless desert, similar to today's Mars. Over hundreds of millions of years, the Sun has warmed up, become brighter and hotter, and will continue to do so. In more than two billion years, temperatures will be so high that the oceans that make Earth habitable will evaporate. The entire planet will turn into an endless desert. As scientists predict, in the next few billion years the Sun will turn into a red giant and completely engulf the Earth - the planet will definitely come to an end.
Flickr.com/andy999 Thermal imagers are able to identify an object by the heat it emits. And polar bears are experts at staying warm. Thanks to a thick layer of subcutaneous fat and a warm fur coat, bears are able to withstand even the coldest days in the Arctic.
9. Light will take 8 minutes 19 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth
It is known that the speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second. But even at such breakneck speed, it will take time to cover the distance between the Sun and Earth. And 8 minutes is not so much on a cosmic scale. It takes sunlight 5.5 hours to reach Pluto.
10. If you remove all the interatomic space, humanity will fit in a sugar cube
In fact, more than 99.9999% of an atom is empty space. An atom consists of a tiny, dense nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons, which occupy proportionately more space. This is because electrons move in waves. They can only exist where the crests and troughs of the waves are formed in a certain way. Electrons do not remain at one point; their location can be anywhere within the orbit. And therefore they take up a lot of space.
11. Stomach juice can dissolve razor blades
The stomach digests food thanks to caustic hydrochloric acid with a high pH (hydrogen index) - from two to three. But at the same time, the acid also affects the gastric mucosa, which, however, can quickly recover. The lining of your stomach is completely renewed every four days.
Scientists have many versions of why this happens. The most likely: due to huge asteroids that influenced its course in the past, or due to strong circulation of air currents in the upper atmosphere.
13. A flea can accelerate faster than the space shuttle
Flea jumps reach mind-boggling heights - 8 centimeters per millisecond. Each jump gives the flea an acceleration 50 times greater than the acceleration of the spacecraft.
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In this collection of interesting and incredible facts, we have collected for you the most interesting, unexpected, educational and funny facts from around the world.
Morocco- the only country in the world where goats, due to a lack of grass, climb trees and graze in whole herds, feasting on the fruits of the argan tree, the nuts of which are used to make a fragrant place.
We can change jobs, spouses, or religions, but until we change inside, we will attract the same people and the same circumstances.
April 11, 1909. About a hundred people cast lots to equally divide the 12 acres of purchased sand dunes. Then it will become Tel Aviv.
This photo shows a rally of Hitler supporters, which took place in 1937.
Hitler supporters rally - 1937
No rally in the history of mankind has brought together such a number of people. After 8 years (in 1945) they will say that they never supported Hitler’s ideas.
Saint Petersburg
The only European capital that has never, at any time in history, been captured by the enemy.
For the cartoon “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” Walt Disney was awarded a special prize in 1937 "Oscar"– one large figurine and seven small ones.
In 1975, Academician Sakharov received the Nobel Peace Prize. 
That is, the man who invented the hydrogen bomb received the Peace Prize named after the man who invented dynamite... Peace to the world.
The executioner bird impales mice on the thorns of bushes, thus making provisions for a rainy day.
The English Mastiff is the largest living dog on earth. Antique English breed of Great Dane, the largest Great Dane in Europe and the largest of mastiffs.
The world's smallest private library belongs to Hungarian Jozsef Tari and contains more than 4,500 items.
If a person under the influence of hypnosis is told that a cigarette will touch his hand, the brain will send impulses and burn marks will appear on his hand.
Helicopter flights are banned over Antarctica because short-necked penguins try to look at them and fall over like dominoes.
Box with the blood of poets, 1965-1968.
In 1965, Eleanor Antin (a conceptual artist) began collecting blood samples and within 3 years she had collected samples from 100 poets. 
She was inspired to do this by Jean Cocteau with his 1935 film “The Blood of a Poet.”
Among the poets who donated their blood were such personalities as Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jerome Rothenberg and others. Now this box is in the Tate Gallery (American Foundation). Hence the question. For what?
Monument to a woman's handbag, Italy
The sculpture was first presented in Italy at the exhibition “Thoughts. Space. Dialogue between nature and imagination”, Piedmonte in the province of Cuneo, in 2013. A woman's handbag is a very important wardrobe item. Psychologists say that a handbag can determine the character, hobbies and much more about its owner.
Guardian of the Royal Chair
This was the most coveted and honorable position at the court of monarchs. The duties of this courtier included nothing more than wiping the royal buttocks after fulfilling their natural needs. Oddly enough, the guardians had enormous power at court, and the expression “licking ass” came to mean: “moving up the career ladder.”
Until the twentieth century, the position of “Groom of the King’s Close Stool” was highly valued at the British court. He was a courtier responsible for assisting the monarch in fulfilling his natural needs. Considering the fact that the king’s body was considered almost sacred, only representatives of noble blood could touch it. It is worth noting that lords and counts very willingly became Guardians of the Royal Chair, despite the fact that they literally had to wipe the king’s ass.
Under King George III, his courtier John Stewart, Earl of Bute, performed his duties in the dressing room so well that he rose to the rank of Prime Minister of England.
They make an attentive observer think about it, be surprised by the diversity of life, or have a good laugh.
But in the bustle of everyday chores, we sometimes do not notice these things. Want to expand your horizons?
We are offering to you interesting facts from life, which will definitely lift your spirits and teach you to look at the world around you in a new way.
- According to statistics, chronic alcoholics live 15 years longer than those people who work without vacation. Rest more, gentlemen, but do not abuse alcohol!
- 25% of our compatriots think about sex while stuck in a traffic jam. Oddly enough, only 6% think about work.
- Blue-eyed people are less likely to suffer from visual impairments than brown-eyed and gray-eyed people.
- Brown-eyed people are more adapted to everyday difficulties.
- An interesting life fact: the more often a man makes love, the lower his risk of a heart attack. Consider these instructions for action! This, unfortunately, does not apply to women.
- In the morning we are about 1 centimeter higher. During the day, the joints shrink, which makes us a little shorter in the evening.
- No person in the world can sneeze with their eyes open. Want to check it out? Please! Just don't do this while driving a car. According to statistics, 2% of all accidents occur because the driver sneezed and lost vigilance for a couple of seconds.
- Women speak 13 thousand more words per day than men. All men will agree with this fact, but women may be indignant!
- Interestingly, nightmares are more likely to occur in a cold bedroom.
- Foul language can temporarily dull the pain. Probably, Russian builders feel this on an intuitive level!
- The more often you overeat, the worse your hearing.
- Cats' taste buds are not sensitive to sweets. By the way, read in a separate article.
- Men's are tougher and thicker than women's. However, there is twice as much hair on a woman's head!
- If a woman periodically listens to an audio recording of a child crying, her breasts can increase by 2 centimeters in a week.
- There is a small pocket on men's that designers came up with in order to hide a condom there. It's actually designed for a watch. Recommended reading.
- The best cleaner for kettles, bathtubs, toilets and ovens is regular Coca-Cola!
- Uncolored Coca-Cola is green.
- Flavored cigarettes contain urea.
- The timbre of the voices of women who work in a male team is significantly lower than that of women who work side by side with other women.
- Regular sex relieves headaches. Interestingly, not all women use this fact in their lives. But men can use it as an argument!
- Left-handed people find it easier to chew food with the left side of their jaws.
- You can stop yawning by touching your tongue with your finger.
- When talking to a person we like, our pupils involuntarily dilate.
- When there are many, it is a herd. A set of horses is called a herd. A large group - a flock. But when there are a lot of frogs, it’s... an army! At least that's what zoologists call them.
- A 4-5 year old child asks about 400 questions a day.
- Fear of Friday the 13th is considered a disease and is successfully treated by psychotherapists.
- A clear fact of life: the average person eats 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
- know how to breathe through the anus.
- OK (okay) is the most commonly used word in most languages of the world.
- 95% of emails sent are spam.
- A champagne cork can jump to a height of up to 12 meters.
- Interestingly, throughout the history of the Earth, no two identical snowflakes have existed. However, just like people. Even twins have slight differences.
- In 2 years, a couple is capable of producing more than a million cubs. For comparison, a domestic cat gives birth to no more than 100 kittens in her entire life.
- The first President George Washington, in his free time, loved to admire the lush hemp bushes that grew in his garden.
- Do not microwave grapes or they will explode!
- The cow is unable to go down the stairs.
- Incredible but true: the largest eyes on Earth belong to the giant (colossal) squid. They are approximately the size of a soccer ball.
- Humpback whales scream the loudest of all animals on Earth. The cry of these mammals is louder than the roar of an airplane and can be heard over 500 kilometers in the open ocean.
- You won't believe it, but a caterpillar has more than a person.
- People in white swimsuits and swimming trunks are more likely to become victims of sharks on beaches.
- The nostrils are the organ of smell, but not of breathing. Sharks breathe through gills.
- Babies have more bones than adults.
- The lighter the beard, the faster it grows.
- An interesting fact from life: the smartest woman (according to the results of an IQ test) was... a housewife.
- More than 1,000 people die every year from lightning strikes.
- Cologne was originally used to treat the plague.
- sleep 22 hours a day. Eh!..
- The peak of household injuries and heart attacks occurs on Monday.
- Every day, 13 new varieties of children's toys appear in the world.
- The most common tree in the world is the Siberian larch.
- And this is a terrible fact, despite the fact that it is about life. Some sharks eat their brothers and sisters while still in the womb. Truly, survival of the fittest!
- Contrary to popular belief, anteaters do not eat ants. Their main food is
- At the end of the 19th century, cocaine was used to treat insomnia and colds.
- If you chew gum while peeling onions, it is impossible to cry.
- Ticks can go 10 years without food.
- Until the end of the 19th century in Russia, you could only buy vodka in a 12-liter bucket. People once knew when to stop! By the way, we recommend reading where we have collected a very interesting selection.
- There are more colorblind men than women.
- This fact of life may surprise you. The fact is that some men are terrified of virgins. Psychologists call this phenomenon parthenophobia.
- The hibernation period of snails can last 3 years.
- Vinegar can dissolve pearls.
- 99% of living things that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
- Every day on Earth, 3 people undergo gender reassignment surgery.
Well, friends, we hope that you liked the interesting facts from life. Of course, we do not call them either the most important or the most interesting. It’s just that selections like these help keep your brain in good shape and exercise your memory.
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Interesting historical facts attract with their diversity. Thanks to them, humanity has a unique opportunity to understand what happened in a given period of development of a nation, society and states. Facts from history are not just what we were told at school. There is a lot that is classified in this area of knowledge.
1. Peter the Great had his own method to combat alcoholism in the country. Drunkards were awarded medals that weighed approximately 7 kilograms and could not be removed.
2. In the times of Ancient Rus', grasshoppers were called dragonflies.
3.The anthem of Thailand was written by a Russian composer.
5.Those who urinated in the pond were executed during the time of Genghis Khan.
7. Braids were a sign of feudalism in China.
8.The virginity of English women in Tudor times was symbolized by bracelets on their arms and a tightly tightened corset.
9.Nero, who was an emperor in ancient Rome, married his male slave.
10. In ancient times in India, ear mutilation was used as a punishment.
11.Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but by mathematicians from India.
13.Binding feet was considered an ancient tradition of the Chinese people. The essence of this was to make the foot smaller, and therefore more feminine and beautiful.
14.Morphine was once used to relieve cough.
15.The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun had a sister and brother.
16. Gaius Julius Caesar had the nickname “boots”.
17.Elizabeth the First covered her own face with lead white and vinegar. This is how she hid traces of smallpox.
18.The symbol of the Russian tsars was precisely the Monomakh cap.
19. Pre-revolutionary Russia was considered the most non-drinking country.
20.Until the 18th century, Russia did not have a flag.
21. Since November 1941, the Soviet Union had a tax on childlessness. It amounted to 6% of the entire salary.
22.Trained dogs provided assistance in clearing mines during World War II.
23. Almost no earthquakes were recorded during the large-scale nuclear tests of 1960-1990.
24. For Hitler, the main enemy was not Stalin, but Yuri Levitan. He even announced a reward of 250,000 marks for his head.
25.The Icelandic “Saga of Hakon Hakonarson” talked about Alexander Nevsky.
26. Fist fights have long been famous in Rus'.
27. Catherine the Second abolished flogging for the military for same-sex contacts.
28. Only Joan of Arc, who called herself a messenger of God, managed to expel the invaders from France.
29.The length of the Cossack seagull, which we remember from the history of the Zaporozhye Sich, reached approximately 18 meters.
30. Genghis Khan defeated the Keraits, Merkits and Naimans.
31. By order of Emperor Augustus, houses that were taller than 21 meters were not built in Ancient Rome. This minimized the risk of being buried alive.
32.The Colosseum is considered the bloodiest place in history.
33. Alexander Nevsky had the military rank of “khan”.
34.During the time of the Russian Empire, it was allowed to carry edged weapons.
35.Soldiers in Napoleon's army addressed the generals on a first name basis.
36. During the Roman war, soldiers lived in tents of 10 people.
37. Any touching of the emperor in Japan before World War II was blasphemy.
38.Boris and Gleb are the first Russian saints who were canonized in 1072.
39. A Red Army machine gunner named Semyon Konstantinovich Hitler, who was Jewish by nationality, took part in the Great Patriotic War.
40. In the old days in Rus', to clean pearls, they were given to a chicken to peck at them. After this, the chicken was slaughtered and the pearls were pulled out of its stomach.
41. From the very beginning, people who cannot speak Greek were called barbarians.
42. In pre-revolutionary Russia, name days for Orthodox people were a more important holiday than birthdays.
43.When England and Scotland came to a union, Great Britain was created.
44.After Alexander the Great brought cane sugar from one of his Indian campaigns to Greece, it immediately began to be called “Indian salt.”
45. In the 17th century, thermometers were filled not with mercury, but with cognac.
46.The first condom in the world was invented by the Aztecs. It was made from a fish bladder.
47. In 1983, not a single human birth was registered in the Vatican.
48.From the 9th to the 16th centuries in England there was a law that every man must practice archery daily.
49.When the Winter Palace was stormed, only 6 people died.
50.About 13,500 houses were destroyed during the great and famous fire of London in 1666.
Almost all peoples, nations and countries have historical facts. Today we want to tell you about various interesting facts that happened in the world, which many people know, but it will be interesting to read again. The world is not ideal, just like people, and the facts about which we will tell will be bad. It will be interesting to you, since every reader will learn something educational within the framework of their interests.
After 1703, Poganye Prudy in Moscow began to be called... Chistye Prudy.
During the time of Genghis Khan in Mongolia, anyone who dared to urinate in any body of water was executed. Because water in the desert was more valuable than gold.
On December 9, 1968, the computer mouse was introduced at an interactive devices show in California. Douglas Engelbart received a patent for this gadget in 1970.
In England in 1665-1666, the plague devastated entire villages. It was then that medicine recognized smoking as beneficial, which supposedly destroyed the deadly infection. Children and teenagers were punished if they refused to smoke.
Only 26 years after the founding of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, its agents received the right to bear arms.
In the Middle Ages, sailors deliberately inserted at least one gold tooth, even sacrificing a healthy one. For what? It turns out that it was for a rainy day, so that in case of death he could be buried with honor far from home.
The world's first mobile phone is the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x (1983). 
14 years before the sinking of the Titanic (April 15, 1912), a story by Morgan Robertson was published that foreshadowed the tragedy. It is interesting that according to the book, the Titan ship collided with an iceberg and sank, exactly as it actually happened.
DEAN - The leader over the soldiers in the tents in which the Roman army lived, 10 people each, was called the dean.
The most expensive bathtub in the world is carved from a very rare stone called Caijou. They say that it has healing properties, and the places of its extraction are kept secret to this day! Its owner was a billionaire from the United Arab Emirates, who wished to remain anonymous. Le Gran Queen price is $1,700,000. 
The English admiral Nelson, who lived from 1758 to 1805, slept in his cabin in a coffin that was cut out of the mast of an enemy French ship.
The list of gifts for Stalin in honor of his 70th birthday was published in advance in newspapers more than three years before the event.
How many types of cheese are produced in France? The famous cheese maker Andre Simon mentioned 839 varieties in his book “On the Cheese Business.” The most famous are Camembert and Roquefort, and the first appeared relatively recently, only 300 years ago. This type of cheese is made from milk with the addition of cream. After only 4-5 days of ripening, a crust of mold appears on the surface of the cheese, which is a special fungal culture
The famous inventor of the sewing machine, Isaac Singer, was simultaneously married to five women. In total, he had 15 children from all the women. He called all his daughters Mary.
27 million people died in the Great Patriotic War.
One of the unusual records for traveling by car belongs to two Americans - James Hargis and Charles Creighton. In 1930, they traveled over 11 thousand kilometers in reverse, traveling from New York to Los Angeles and then back.
Even two hundred years ago, not only men, but also women took part in the famous Spanish bullfights. This took place in Madrid, and on January 27, 1839, a very significant bullfight took place, because only representatives of the fairer sex took part in it. The Spaniard Pajuelera received the greatest fame as a matador. Women were banned from bullfighting in the early 20th century, when Spain was ruled by fascists. Women were able to defend their right to enter the arena only in 1974.
The first computer to include a mouse was the Xerox 8010 Star Information System minicomputer, introduced in 1981. The Xerox mouse had three buttons and cost $400, which corresponds to almost $1,000 in 2012 prices adjusted for inflation. In 1983, Apple released its own one-button mouse for the Lisa computer, the cost of which was reduced to $25. The mouse became widely known thanks to its use in Apple Macintosh computers and later in the Windows OS for IBM PC compatible computers.
Jules Verne wrote 66 novels, including unfinished ones, as well as more than 20 novellas and short stories, 30 plays, and several documentary and scientific works.
When Napoleon and his army headed for Egypt in 1798, he captured Malta along the way.
During the six days that Napoleon spent on the island, he:
Abolished the power of the Knights of Malta
-Reformed the administration with the creation of municipalities and financial management
-Abolished slavery and all feudal privileges
-Appointed 12 judges
-Layed the foundations of family law
-Introduced primary and general public education
65-year-old David Baird ran his own marathon to raise money for research into prostate and breast cancer. In 112 days, David traveled 4,115 kilometers, while pushing a car in front of him. And so he crossed the Australian continent. At the same time, he was on the move every day for 10-12 hours, and during the entire time he ran with a wheelbarrow, he covered a distance equal to 100 traditional marathons. This courageous man, having visited 70 cities, collected donations from Australian residents in the amount of about 20 thousand local dollars.
Lollipops appeared in Europe in the 17th century. At first, they were actively used by healers.
The group “Aria” has a song called “Will and Reason”, few people know that this is the motto of the Nazis in fascist Italy.
A Frenchman from the town of Landes, Sylvain Dornon, traveled from Paris to Moscow, walking on stilts. Setting off on March 12, 1891, covering 60 kilometers every day, the brave Frenchman reached Moscow in less than 2 months. 
The capital of Japan, Tokyo, is currently the largest city in the world with a population of 37.5 million people.
Rokossovsky is a marshal of both the USSR and Poland.
Despite the popular belief that the transfer of Alaska to the United States of America was carried out by Catherine II, the Russian Empress had nothing to do with this historical deal.
One of the main reasons for this event is considered to be the military weakness of the Russian Empire, which became obvious during the Crimean War.
The decision to sell Alaska was made during a special meeting that took place in St. Petersburg on December 16, 1866. It was attended by the entire top leadership of the country.
The decision was made unanimously.
Some time later, the Russian envoy in the US capital, Baron Eduard Andreevich Stekl, proposed to the American government to buy Alaska from the Republic of Ingushetia. The proposal was approved.
And in 1867, for 7.2 million gold, Alaska came under the jurisdiction of the United States of America.
In 1502–1506 Leonardo da Vinci painted his most significant work - a portrait of Mona Lisa, the wife of Messer Francesco del Giocondo. Many years later, the painting received a simpler name - “La Gioconda”.
Girls in Ancient Greece got married at the age of 15. For men, the average age for marriage was a more respectable period - 30 - 35 years. The father of the bride himself chose a husband for his daughter and gave money or things as a dowry.
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