20 interesting facts collected from different areas of life (21 photos)

The world is full of information - especially in our advanced age. And you can learn something new and surprising at least every day if you set yourself such a goal. Let's take a look at a selection of interesting facts that slightly expand knowledge about the world.





1. Pluto is not a planet. It was stripped of its planetary status back in 2006 - it did not fall under the scientific definition of a planet.



2. Before the loss of baby teeth, the child’s jaw consists of a double dentition





3. Theoretically, our stomach acid can dissolve any metal. True, this will take her a lot of time.



4. The tusk of narwhals (sea unicorns) can reach 3 meters in length and weigh 10 kilograms



5. Basketball originated a very long time ago: the ancient Mayans played a similar game. Two teams tried to throw a 4 kg rubber ball into a stone ring carved on the wall



6. Every year, more than 300 thousand people in the world lose their hearing due to the improper use of cotton swabs



7. Giraffes are the only animals that cannot yawn.



8. Our eyes see everything upside down: the image also appears upside down on the retina. And then the brain processes the picture and puts everything in its place



9. A tomato is actually a berry.



10. Many Living People Have Neanderthal DNA



11. Cold water is just as effective as warm water for washing hands.



12. It is almost impossible that the order of cards in a 52-card deck would ever be repeated during shuffling if the result of shuffling is random



13. All the planets in our solar system can fit between the Earth and the Moon



14. Every year the Moon moves away from the Earth by 3.8 cm. 4.5 billion years ago, when the Moon was first formed, its orbit was located at a distance of about 22,500 km from the Earth. Now it is approximately 384,400 km



15. The average time to fall asleep is 7 minutes



16. Absolutely all skyscrapers sway slightly when there is a strong wind. And the higher the building, the stronger



17. Trees communicate with each other using mushrooms. The forest soil is permeated with threads of mycelial mycelium, which enter into “friendship” with the trees. Thanks to cohabitation with the tree, the mushroom receives the necessary organic matter



18. Every person you saw in a dream is a person you saw in real life. Our brain can't come up with faces



19. People see you as 20% more attractive than you perceive yourself to be.



20. Crocodiles and alligators can climb trees