12 crazy facts about everyday things (13 photos)

A fact is something that is considered a proven truth and is also considered a very stubborn thing. But the most interesting facts are usually the strangest ones, the truth of which is difficult to believe!





1. PIN code



Young engineer James Goodfellow was tasked with improving the security of flawed ATMs. He came up with the idea of ​​entering a unique code to access money. Initially, the PIN code was supposed to consist of six digits. However, the inventor reduced them to four because his wife argued that more than four digits were difficult to remember.

2. Lighter and matches



It is logical to assume that matches are one of the oldest inventions, much earlier than lighters, but this is not so. The first lighter, which became the predecessor of modern lighters, was created in 1823 by a German chemist named Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner. Three years later, in 1826, a man named John Walker from England invented the first matches.

3. Who lives in the mattress



Over the course of 10 years, the weight of a mattress doubles on average. Excess weight manifests itself in the accumulation of dust mites and their excrement.

4. T-shirt



T-shirts were invented in 1904, when the Cooper Underwear Company began selling underwear to single men or men with wives who lacked sewing skills. The advertising slogan solemnly read: “No pin - no button - no needle - no thread.”

5. Chocolate milk



Nowadays, chocolate milk is drunk only for the taste. Chocolate milk originates in Jamaica and is credited with popularizing the drink by Hans Sloane, an Anglo-Irish naturalist and physician who served as personal physician to the governor of Jamaica. He sold it as a medicine.

6. Bottom of wine bottles



The concavity at the bottom of wine and champagne bottles is called punt, and is necessary to distribute liquid pressure evenly. It also serves as a place for the accumulation of wine sediment and contributes to its compaction, which keeps the wine clear and makes it more visually pleasing.

7. Desk



Clean your desk frequently. On average, there are 400 times more bacteria on the table than in the toilet.

8. Barcode



Barcode scanners read white bars instead of black ones. The scanner emits rays from the barcode and reads the reflection of the white stripes.

9. TV damage



If a person watches television for two hours straight a day, life expectancy is reduced by about a year.

10. Chinese food



Chinese takeaway boxes are being turned into plates.

11. Bee orgasm



A drone is a male honey bee. Unlike the female worker bee, drones do not have a stinger. They do not collect nectar or pollen and cannot feed without the help of worker bees. It exists solely to fertilize the female. After mating, the drones soon die.

12. Malarial "plague"



The mortality rate from malaria is quite high throughout the world. Up to 200 million cases of malaria are registered annually, of which about 660 thousand are fatal.