10 questions that almost everyone asked themselves (11 photos)

When we fall asleep, many different strange questions come to mind, to which there is never enough time to find answers. And what seems quite simple, in fact, turns out to be much more complicated than it seems at first glance. In this post, you will learn interesting facts.





1. Will there ever be an end to new songs?



According to scientists, modern melodies consisting of 12 intervals have 79 billion possible combinations. To exhaust this figure, it would take a hundred songwriters to create a new song every second, and even then it would take 248 years to destroy all music. But recent studies, periodically conducted by universities around the world, show that popular melodies are becoming more and more similar to each other and use fewer and fewer notes.

2. Why do Egyptian statues have no nose?





Many people think that wear and tear is to blame, but this is a mistake. The Egyptians deliberately destroyed the noses of their statues because they believed that this would take away their life force. And without a respiratory organ, the statue will not be able to "breathe"

3. Why do bulls react aggressively to the color red?



This is just a myth fueled by fiction. In fact, bulls have poor color vision, and they do not perceive the entire range of red at all. Cattle are most sensitive to yellowish-green and blue-violet colors. In fact, bulls hate movement. The animals attack everything that moves, regardless of whether it is red, white or blue.

4. Why are there people who attract mosquitoes the most?



These flying insects are most attracted to larger people with higher body temperatures. Scientists also believe that the smell of sweat plays a big role in the attractiveness of bloodsuckers.

5. What if people were born in space?



In 1983, Soviet scientists sent pregnant rats into space on the Bion-type satellite "Cosmos-1514" so that they would give birth far from Earth. The flight lasted 5 days, and the period of active fetal growth, formation of the nervous system, skeleton, muscles and internal organs was chosen. The newborn rats were practically no different from the control group, but their mothers paid for it. They had a delay in weight gain and a serious decrease in calcium concentration in the liver and kidneys.

6. Why do pandas eat so much bamboo?



The cute panda bear has almost all the characteristics of a carnivorous predator. About half of the panda's energy comes from plant proteins, they feed mainly on bamboo. In the process of evolution, the digestive process of a herbivorous predator has become special, they were able to start bacteria in the stomach and intestines that can break down cellulose. Pandas extract as much protein from bamboo as any other predatory animal extracts from its prey.

7. Why do people like it when cats purr?



Researchers have found that cats' purring has healing properties. Listening to this sound, a person relaxes and calms down. Their blood pressure and heart rate are normalized. The vibrations of the sound stimulate cells and tissues, accelerating their renewal and healing. This may also explain why many kitten owners enjoy hugging their furry friends.

8. What Color Is a Mirror Actually?



A perfect mirror reflects all existing colors. Most mirrors have a reflective coating, mostly made of aluminum or, in some cases, silver. These materials are able to selectively reflect certain wavelengths of light and absorb others. In fact, mirrors appear green because of the iron used in the manufacturing process. The iron gives the glass a slight green tint, which becomes more noticeable as it thickens.

9. Why is the wedding dress traditionally white?



Red was considered a traditional color for wedding dresses in Rus'. The fashion for white wedding dresses in Russia was introduced by Catherine II. She tried on a silver-white dress of the European style, and this tradition has survived to this day. After this innovation, brides began to wear white wedding dresses more and more often, because they looked more advantageous in black and white photographs.

10. Is a zebra black and white or white and black?



There is an exact answer to this question: zebras are black with white stripes. Despite the different patterns and colors, all zebras have the same skin color: black. The color of an animal is its adaptation to live in a certain habitat to save itself from the threat of extinction. White stripes begin to appear when the embryo develops in the womb of the mother.