10 fascinating facts that are hard to believe (11 photos)

Real life is full of amazing and strange events, and some of them seem like someone's fantasy. In this post you will learn incredible facts that really exist.





1. The Scots have more than 400 synonyms for the word “snow”



The University of Glasgow has recorded 421 words used to describe snow. The dictionary, for example, contains words such as flindrikin (“light snowfall”), spitters (“small drops” or “snowflakes during rain or snowfall accompanied by gusts of wind”), feuchter (“lightly whirling snow”) and blin- drift (“blizzard”).

2. Rabbit Attack on Napoleon





In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte decided to celebrate the Peace of Tilsit by hunting. He instructed his servants to collect dozens of wild rabbits. When the signal sounded to signal the start of the hunt, something truly strange happened: the rabbits, instead of running as they usually do, formed a pack and attacked the nearest person, who turned out to be Bonaparte, forcing him to flee in despair.

3. An ostrich's eyes are bigger than its brain.



Each ostrich's eye is about the size of a billiard ball, leaving very little room in its skull for a brain. The bird is about the size of a walnut and weighs half as much as one of its eyeballs.

4. LEGO Group - the company that produces the most tires per year



Only the tires that lego makes are very small because they are used in their construction sets.

5. In Iceland, you couldn’t pet dogs for 60 years.



This happened in 1924 after it was discovered that dogs carried a very dangerous type of intestinal parasite that could even cause blindness. The ban ended in the eighties, but by then cats had become the country's favorite animal.

6. Donald Duck Was Banned In Finland



In Finland in the seventies, Donald Duck comics were banned because he didn't wear trousers.

7. Swans catching and marking festival, UK



In this country, all swans legally belong to the crown, dating back to the 12th century, and there is a position of “Keeper of the Royal Swans”. The procedure for catching and marking birds is colorful and bright, but serves more for the census and monitoring their health.

8. Spider is a vegetarian



Spiders have their own “white crow” – the herbivorous jumping spider Bagheera kiplingi. While other species of spiders may have a mixed type of diet, this spider’s entire menu consists of 100% plant foods. Herbivorous spiders live in Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala.

9. In France, it is legal to marry a dead person.



France is the only country where it is legally possible to marry a dead person. Dozens of similar marriages take place here every year. This practice has existed for several decades.

10. Are you afraid of Friday the 13th? Do you suffer from paraskevedekatriaphobia?



The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevedekatriaphobia. The coincidence of Friday with the 13th of any month is considered a bad omen among many peoples, but today there is no reliable information about when this myth arose.