15 interesting and unusual facts about everything in the world (16 photos)

Learning something new is always interesting. Users of the Reddit forum shared interesting facts that surprised them. Some of them seem unrealistic, but still they are true. Let's find out about the most interesting ones!





1. The meat of giant turtles is very tasty. This was understood by the sailors who ate them back in 1535



Spanish sailors discovered Galapagos tortoises in 1535, and ate turtle meat during long sea voyages. One turtle could feed several people, and in addition, the meat turned out to be very tasty and nutritious.

2. Babies have about 300 bones at birth, and adults have about 206.





3. Ctenophores (creatures similar to jellyfish) do not have an anus. When they want to go to the toilet, they form an anal hole, defecate, and then this hole disappears on the body - until next time



4. Butterflies retain the memories and information they learned as caterpillars.



Even though the butterfly's brain and body are completely reorganized during the process of metamorphosis, insects remember the information they received as caterpillars. Scientists discovered this in a study using certain odors.

5. If there are 23 people in a room, the probability that two of them have the same birthday is more than 50%



6. The first English scientist to study the platypus was so sure it was a hoax that he almost took the platypus apart to try to find evidence that it was assembled from several different animals.



7. Star Wars Filming Almost Caused International Conflict



The planet Tatooine from Star Wars was named after the real city in Tunisia, where filming once took place. The authorities of neighboring Libya were unhappy that a large amount of strange equipment was located on the border. They considered this a threat and were ready to announce general mobilization, but at the request of the Tunisian authorities, the film crew moved to another location.

8. Fish can appear even in previously fishless reservoirs. And it's all thanks to the ducks



Fish eggs can stick to the feet or feathers of ducks, and they can carry them to new bodies of water during migration. Birds transfer some of their eggs with droppings.

9. Scientists have proven that a person’s immune system is stimulated even if he simply looks at photographs of sick people.



Viewing photographs of sick people with various symptoms causes an immune response to the threat by 23%. Experts believe that such a reaction could have arisen during evolution as one of the defense mechanisms against diseases.

10. Animals can see many more colors than we can.



Birds, reptiles, honey bees and some bony fish are able to see ultraviolet light, which is outside our visible spectrum. And dogs and cats, for example, see fewer colors than we do, and see them weaker.

11. The immortal jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii can return to the polyp stage and live its life cycle again



12. Sharks are older than Saturn's rings



The age of Saturn's rings is estimated at no more than 400 million years. Sharks appeared about 450 million years ago.

13. Each of the planets of our solar system can fit between the Earth and the Moon



14. Hippos aremore closely related to whales than to elephants or rhinoceroses



15. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the flight to the moon than to the construction of the Egyptian pyramids