10 interesting facts from the past and present (11 photos)

The world is like a patchwork quilt and consists of many components. Some facts about it are well known and obvious, while others are little known.





Although they are well worth discussing.

1. Child of Love



The bottlenose dolphin and the false killer whale can mate and produce offspring.

2. A hurricane is an unpopular politician





Hurricanes in Australia were originally named after local politicians that meteorologists didn't like.

3. Dangerous tourism



Venezuela is one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Here, a person is killed every 20 minutes.

4. The Man Who Fooled Everyone



In the 1920s, there was a con man named Victor Lustig who fooled everyone from respectable bankers to Al Capone himself. He even managed to sell the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal, not once but twice. He used 24 aliases, spoke 5 languages, and was arrested 46 times but never convicted.

5. The Missing Artifact



The Warka Mask, the oldest known accurate depiction of a human face (3100 BCE), disappeared from the Iraqi National Museum after the 2003 US-led invasion. A US military mission to recover lost artifacts found the mask intact, buried in a farmer's backyard.

6. The Leaning Temple



The Leaning Tower of Pisa has a counterpart in India called the "Leaning Temple of Huma", located in the village of the same name. Although the structure itself leans, its top is perpendicular to the ground.

7. Sterility - the result of a tomato battle



After La Tomatina - the annual tomato throwing festival that takes place in the Spanish town of Bunol - the cobbled streets are not just clean, but practically sterile, thanks to the fact that the acid from the tomatoes disinfects and cleans the surfaces.

8. Dangerous Concentration



Tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, and eggplants are all members of the nightshade family and contain a toxin called solanine. When consumed in large quantities, it can cause hallucinations.

9. Ancient Disease



The first documented cases of cancer were found on papyrus manuscripts in Egypt dating back to 3000 BC. These manuscripts mention eight cases of breast tumors that were removed by cauterization with a tool called a fire drill.

10. The Unity of Philosophy and Reality



Philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, “In today’s world, the stupid are confident and the smart are full of doubts.” This is actually a manifestation of the Dunning-Kruger effect, which states that unskilled people feel an illusory superiority, mistakenly believing that their work is much better than it actually is.