10 interesting facts from different fields of knowledge that will help broaden your horizons (11 photos)

Live and learn. But to constantly replenish your knowledge, you don’t need to sit for hours reading complex articles and voluminous books.





It’s enough to feed your brain with short but interesting facts little by little but regularly.

1. Salted coffee



Turkish brides have a wedding custom - before the wedding, they sprinkle the groom's coffee with salt. If he drinks it without complaint and does not wince, it means he is ready to live with his wife for many years, despite the difficulties that may await them in family life.

2. The Lifesaving Pocket





In 2013, cook Harrison Okene spent 60 hours underwater in the dark after the tugboat Jascon 4 capsized off the coast of Nigeria and sank to the ocean floor. He was found alive by divers sent to retrieve the bodies. He survived for three days underwater in an air pocket on the vessel, and was the only survivor of the 12-member crew.

3. The Horned Giant



The Irish elk or mega-antlered deer (lat. Megaloceros giganteus) was the largest deer that ever lived. They often grew to over 2 meters (6.6 ft) at the shoulder, and their antlers were the largest of any known deer, measuring 3.5 meters (11 ft) from tip to tip.

4. Second-order vampire



Spiders of the Evarcha culicivora species, called vampire spiders, are unique in that they feed on the blood of vertebrates, although they obtain it indirectly. These predators specialize in catching female malaria mosquitoes that have recently drunk blood and are resting after that.

Hunters choose their victims either by external signs or by smell - well-fed mosquitoes emit an aroma that is especially attractive to vampire spiders. Interestingly, these spiders are active mainly in the early morning, when mosquitoes are relaxing after a night's meal.

5. "Wild Sheep"



In 48 BC, Julius Caesar, after a successful campaign in the East, found himself in the arms of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Parting with his beloved, he decided to bring with him a whole menagerie of exotic animals, including lions, panthers and monkeys.

The most interesting of them was a strange creature with a long neck, half camel, half leopard (in the Roman imagination) - a giraffe. Seeing its submission, the Roman historian Pliny suggested that it might be a "wild sheep". But Caesar himself was not very interested in the species of the strange creature. He fed the giraffe to the lions in his Colosseum in front of the cheering public as a sign of his wealth and generosity.

6. The Gluttonous Clock



A standard microwave oven uses more electricity to power its built-in clock than to heat up food. Although it takes about 100-150 times more energy to heat up food than to operate the clock, the oven spends more than 99% of its time in idle mode.

7. Amateur National Sport



The most popular sport in Ireland, Gaelic football, is entirely amateur. It is a team sport that resembles both football and rugby. It was first mentioned in the 14th century, but the first official game took place in 1712. This sport is purely amateur. Players perform in front of 80,000 spectators and do not receive a salary.

8. The Speed ​​Camera Lottery Experiment



The idea for the experiment belongs to Kevin Richardson, who won the 2010 Volkswagen Fun Theory competition in Stockholm. The goal of the competition was to find a creative way to motivate drivers to obey the speed limit.

The concept is as follows: speed cameras record drivers who are driving at or below the speed limit and automatically enter them into a lottery. The prize fund is formed from fines imposed on those who exceeded the speed limit.

9. Public places for clothed



One of Thailand's strangest laws prohibits people from going to public places without underwear. The ban applies to both locals and tourists.

10. One Faith



In Nigeria, there is a religion called Krislam. The teachings include elements of Christianity and Islam. It was founded by Tella Tella in the 1980s.