A selection of interesting facts on various topics (20 photos)

An interesting fact is that it's good. And when their whole selection is absolutely wonderful. Yes, they won't make us professors and candidates Sciences. But with their help, you can have a pleasant and useful break. So welcome to the post and interesting viewing for everyone.

A man named Michel Lotito actually ate an entire plane. It took him two years





Participant of the Bulgarian version of the reality show “The Last Hero” dies during one of the tests, but the season continued as if nothing used to



"Old Hollywood" legend Fred Astaire was a life member National Skateboard Society and broke his wrist at 78, riding a skateboard





There are only 25 airships left on Earth



American writer Morgan Robertson wrote a story about three-screw liner "Titan", the largest ship in history with criminally small number of lifeboats, which collided with iceberg and sank. The story came out 14 years before it sank "Titanic"



A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. The planet is very slow rotates: one day on Venus lasts 285 Earth days, while in a year 255 days



Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you have the most probability to get a unique sequence of cards from all decks cards that have ever existed



Oxford University didn't teach calculus in its early years because it hadn't been invented yet.



Fireflies don't eat. They feed on being maggots



Hippos kill at least 500 people a year



In the Vatican, the ratio of popes per square kilometer is 2.3



Shaquille O'Neal has only hit one 3-pointer in his entire career.



The word "strenghts" has only 9 letters, but it is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.



Brazil borders on France. State border separating national territories of Brazil (State of Amapa) and France (French Guiana) in the northeast of the South American continent. Border length - 649 km. This is the longest border of the French Republic.



Joe Biden was born closer to Lincoln's presidency than his own.



People with thyroid stimulating hormone deficiency can correct it by taking a tablet of dried and crushed thyroid gland of a pig. She even smells a bit like bacon



Sharks have been on our planet longer than trees



There are more non-human cells in our bodies than human cells. We are, in fact, just a transport for trillions of microbes.



Every year vending machines kill more people than sharks.



Humans use the least amount of energy for running; smaller than any other creature on earth