Our life is a storehouse of interesting events, unusual things, and the world in which we live is full of mysteries and secrets, to be convinced of this we offer you an interesting collection of cognitive facts, some of which you probably have not even heard of.

In 1988, there was a sudden depressurization of a Hawaiian passenger plane, as a result of which a solid part of the upper fuselage structure fell off. Nevertheless, the plane managed to land safely. As a result of the accident, only one flight attendant was killed.

The sun and the moon seem to us to be about the same size due to an amazing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, but 400 times closer.

The producer of the film "Suspicious Persons" Brian Singer convinced each of the key actors that he was the same mysterious criminal Kaiser Sose. The actors didn't realize who they were actually playing until they saw the finished film.

In one of the early versions of Starship Troopers, there is an episode where military personnel of both sexes wash in a shared shower room. Director Paul Verhoeven worked on it completely naked - there was no other way to convince the actors to appear in this scene.

The fact that most of the dust is formed from exfoliated skin cells is just a myth. In fact, the bulk of dust consists of animal dandruff, sand, insect secretions, various powders and, of course, good old clay.

The outskirts of Norilsk are so polluted with heavy metals that the extraction of minerals from the surface layer of the soil has already become economically profitable.

In a kilogram to kilogram weight ratio, chocolate chip cookies contain more energy than the same amount of TNT.

In a double-blind experiment, 21 experienced violinists were asked to compare the sounds of old and new instruments. The worst was recognized as the Stradivarius violin.

The number of people with skin cancer due to excessive tanning is higher than the number of people with lung cancer due to smoking.

Two-year-old child Calvin Santos, during his own funeral, suddenly came to life, sat in a coffin, asked his father for a glass of water and died again. No one can explain how this could have happened.

In 1954, the Indian city of Bombay was overrun by hordes of rats. The situation became so serious that the government began accepting dead rodents for taxes. Naturally, the number of rats began to decline sharply. After some time, the cunning Indians began to breed rats themselves and sell their carcasses to the government.

Every year, tourists throw about $ 1.1 million into the famous Roman Trevi Fountain.

Steve Jobs's personal hygiene was so bad that the Atari company, where he worked as a technician in his youth, tried to put him on night shifts to minimize his interaction with other people. Until the age of 30, Jobs very rarely wore shoes. And during business meetings at his Apple office, he often shocked colleagues by opening the bathroom door and plunging his bare feet into the toilet "to freshen up."

Any student from any country in the world can receive education at public universities in Norway, and absolutely free of charge.

In America, donated blood is sold on the open market. The revenue of this "bloody industry" is $ 4.5 billion a year.

After the death of the boy was recorded in the hospital, his body was handed over to relatives for burial. An hour before the ceremony, it was in the Santos home in an open coffin. Suddenly the "dead" Kelvin sat down and asked for water.

This literally shocked the child's father, Antonio Santos, and several other people in the room. They raised a cry. However, Kelvin sank back into the coffin and no longer showed signs of life. He was again taken to the hospital, where the doctor, like the first time, confirmed that he was dead. Meanwhile, the moment when the doctors first recorded death, and the temporary "revival" has passed 20 hours.

To be on the safe side, the Santos decided to wait a few more hours with the burial. But the miracle never happened again. Now Antonio Santos intends to file a lawsuit against the hospital, as he believes that for the first time the doctors mistakenly stated death and the boy could still be saved. By the way, doctors have not commented on this situation.

How can a living person be declared dead? Well, here, for example, the famous physiologist I.P. Pavlov observed a patient who slept in a lethargic sleep for 20 years - from 1898 to 1918. At the same time, his heart was beating at a speed of only three beats per minute, and he took no more than one or two breaths per minute.

And this case is documented in the archives for 1937. 19-year-old Angelo Hay from the French village of Saint-Quentin de Calais crashed his head into a brick wall while riding a motorcycle. The doctor summoned to the scene did not catch any pulse or breath, and declared the young man dead. He was buried three days later. However, shortly before this, Angelo's father insured his life for 200 thousand francs, and the insurance company decided to investigate this case. The inspector demanded that the body be exhumed to find out the exact cause of death. Therefore, just two days after the funeral, the grave was opened and the body was sent to the forensic medical examination office in Bordeaux. And there the pathologist discovered that the "corpse" was still warm! The "deceased" was sent to the hospital. Experts concluded that the traumatic brain injury, which led to a deep coma, sharply reduced the body's need for oxygen, otherwise the young man would have died in the grave from suffocation ... Angelo underwent several operations, and after many months of treatment, he finally recovered ...

In April 1996, 59-year-old Maureen Jones, suffering from diabetes, fell into a glycemic coma. The family doctor pronounced death, but when the police constable came to collect the body, he noticed that the woman was still alive. The resuscitators brought her back to life, and the inattentive doctor was put on trial ...

In 2005, a doctor who performed an autopsy in the morgue of a clinic in Brasov County (Romania) had to endure a terrible shock. Suddenly, it seemed to the medic that one of the corpses was moving. Coming closer, the esculapa bent over the body, and then ... the dead man knocked him down with a knockout blow to the head!

It turned out that 16-year-old Bogdan Georgescu, being at home, was drinking coffee with his brother. Suddenly he fell unconscious and stopped showing signs of life. The hospital pronounced death and sent the body to the morgue. Waking up, Bogdan could not understand where he was. Looking around, he was horrified to find that a dead woman was lying nearby ... And then he saw that some guy in white was approaching him. The guy decided that he was captured by a maniac who is going to kill him ...

Bogdan Georgescu was transferred to the neurological department to find out the cause of his sudden "death". And the physician who was sent to the knockout was given additional leave so that he could recover from the stress experienced.

In 2007, an 87-year-old Taiwanese resident managed to resurrect at his own funeral! After a severe attack, the elder's life was maintained artificially with the help of devices. Since he was not getting better, his family decided to turn off the equipment. They were informed that the patient had died and were soon given a lifeless body for burial.

When relatives gathered in the temple at the tomb of the deceased to carry out the ceremony of repose according to Buddhist custom. Suddenly, in front of the eyes of all the parishioners, a wheeze was heard from the chest of the deceased, and he sat down in the coffin. The old man was immediately taken back to the hospital, where the doctors began rehabilitation procedures. They were unable to explain how the "dead" came to life. Perhaps Buddha performed a miracle ...

In 1988, there was a sudden depressurization of a Hawaiian passenger plane, as a result of which a solid part of the upper fuselage structure fell off. Nevertheless, the plane managed to land safely. As a result of the accident, only one flight attendant was killed.

The sun and the moon seem to us to be about the same size due to an amazing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, but 400 times closer.

The producer of the film "The Suspicious Persons" Brian Singer convinced each of the key actors that he was the same mysterious criminal Kaiser Sose. The actors didn't realize who they were actually playing until they saw the finished film.

In one of the early versions of Starship Troopers, there is an episode where military personnel of both sexes wash in a shared shower room. Director Paul Verhoeven worked on it completely naked - there was no other way to convince the actors to appear in this scene.

The fact that most of the dust is formed from exfoliated skin cells is just a myth. In fact, the bulk of dust consists of animal dandruff, sand, insect secretions, various powders and, of course, good old clay.

The outskirts of Norilsk are so polluted with heavy metals that the extraction of minerals from the surface layer of the soil has already become economically profitable.

In a kilogram to kilogram weight ratio, chocolate chip cookies contain more energy than the same amount of TNT.

In a double-blind experiment, 21 experienced violinists were asked to compare the sounds of old and new instruments. The worst was recognized as the Stradivarius violin.

A selection of interesting facts that will distract you from the harsh realities of our life. Watch and discuss!

The number of people with skin cancer due to excessive tanning is higher than the number of people with lung cancer due to smoking.

The modern British accent originated during the industrial revolution among the nouveau riche, who tried to express themselves in a deliberately pompous manner, believing that this added prestige to them in the eyes of others.

The inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind, Louis Braille, used the same awl to create his dotted typeface that he accidentally deprived himself of his sight at the age of three.

Oxford University is older than the Aztec civilization. Oxford was founded: 1249. The Aztec city-state of Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325.

Even blind people experience visual hallucinations under the influence of LSD.

One company in the US state of Georgia offers an alternative to conventional burial of human remains: after cremation, the ashes are mixed with cement and dropped on the ocean floor to form an artificial reef.

Cuba boasts an astounding 99.8% literacy rate

In some hot countries there is a fruit tree called black sapote. Its fruit tastes like chocolate pudding, the fat content is very low and vitamin C is four times more than oranges.

When a person stops sleeping, his brain cells begin to drown in their own "waste". Thus, the main function of sleep is to cleanse the nervous system of intermediate metabolic products that can be toxic.

According to the "theory of attachment", every adult is prone to one of three types of romantic relationships: safe ("does not call - probably busy, no big deal"), avoidant ("yes, he / she probably forgot about me." ) or alarming ("what could have happened ... maybe the phone is broken ... maybe you can call yourself / yourself"). It depends on belonging to one type or another, how his / her personal life will develop.

In 1988, there was a sudden depressurization of a Hawaiian passenger plane, as a result of which a solid part of the upper fuselage structure fell off. Nevertheless, the plane managed to land safely. As a result of the accident, only one flight attendant was killed.

The sun and the moon seem to us to be about the same size due to an amazing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, but 400 times closer.

The fact that most of the dust is formed from exfoliated skin cells is just a myth. In fact, the bulk of dust consists of animal dandruff, sand, insect secretions, various powders and, of course, good old clay.

The outskirts of Norilsk are so polluted with heavy metals that the extraction of minerals from the surface layer of the soil has already become economically profitable.

In a kilogram to kilogram weight ratio, chocolate chip cookies contain more energy than the same amount of TNT.

In a double-blind course, 21 experienced violinists were asked to compare the sounds of old and new instruments. The worst was recognized as the Stradivarius violin.

During his own funeral, the two-year-old suddenly came to life, sat in a coffin, asked his father for a glass of water, and died again. No one can explain how this could have happened.

Kevin Santos, the same child

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Several years ago, a top manager of the Coca-Cola corporation, Donald Ivestor, suggested supplying branded vending machines with thermometers so that on the hottest summer days, Coca prices would automatically rise. According to Ivestor, such a decision would be a “fair” response to market trends. And when information about these plans leaked to the press and caused a storm of indignation among consumers, Ivestor pretended that the company had never taken anything like this into consideration.

The first firefighters were not paid salaries. Instead, they were allowed to grab any valuables that belonged to the fire victims from the burning houses or offices. They had every right to sell these values ​​or keep them for themselves.

Dolphins and whales love to play together. The dolphin rests on the whale's head, and the whale begins to slowly lift its nose up. It turns out something like a slide along which the dolphin slides into the water - just like a child in a water park.

In the brain of a person in love, the same combination of neurotransmitters and hormones is produced as when using amphetamines. As a result, in both cases, the same symptoms are observed: increased heart rate, loss of sleep and appetite, and increased emotional excitability.

There is a chronic medical form of the deja vu phenomenon. It is difficult for patients with this form to watch TV, since absolutely everything seems to them a repetition of what they have already seen. Moreover, many refuse to go to the doctor, because they are sure that they have already attended an appointment.

A woman named Alison Botha from South Africa managed to survive after being raped, her belly cut open (so that her entrails fell out), and her throat was slit several times.

When the Titanic began to sink, “Someone released the dogs on board. The result was a surreal picture: a flock of maddened dogs scampering up and down the tilted deck. "

The first script for Good Will Hunting featured a scene in which Robin Williams and Stellan Skarsgard give each other a blow job. Writers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck only came up with this scene to see if anyone in the studio was reading the scripts. It turned out that he didn’t read. The blowjob episode went unnoticed until the script was read by producer Harvey Weinstein, who, incidentally, found the episode very witty.

The “fish smell” from the vagina may indeed be related to the presence of certain substances in it that are also found in fish.

There is a mysterious screenplay called "Atuk" (which is translated from the Inuit language as "grandfather"). By some fateful coincidence, all the actors who claimed the main role in this picture suddenly died. These actors included John Candy, Chris Farley, John Belushi and Sam Kinison. The script is still awaiting its implementation.

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The modern British accent originated during the industrial revolution among the nouveau riche, who tried to express themselves in a deliberately pompous manner, believing that this added prestige to them in the eyes of others.

The inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind, Louis Braille, used the same awl to create his dotted typeface that he accidentally deprived himself of his sight at the age of three.

Oxford University is older than the Aztec civilization. Oxford was founded: 1249. The Aztec city-state of Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325.

Even blind people experience visual hallucinations under the influence of LSD.

One company in the US state of Georgia offers an alternative to conventional burial of human remains: after cremation, the ashes are mixed with cement and dropped on the ocean floor to form an artificial reef.

Cuba boasts an astounding 99.8% literacy rate

In some hot countries there is a fruit tree called black sapote. Its fruit tastes like chocolate pudding, the fat content is very low and vitamin C is four times more than oranges.

Studies have shown that ecstasy has anti-cancer properties, in particular, it can help fight leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

When a person stops sleeping, his brain cells begin to drown in their own "waste". Thus, the main function of sleep is to cleanse the nervous system of intermediate metabolic products that can be toxic.

According to the "theory of attachment", every adult is prone to one of three types of romantic relationships: safe ("does not call - probably busy, no big deal"), avoidant ("yes, he / she probably forgot about me." ) or alarming (“what could have happened… maybe the phone is broken… maybe you can call yourself / yourself”). It depends on belonging to one type or another, how his / her personal life will develop.

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In 1988, there was a sudden depressurization of a Hawaiian passenger plane, as a result of which a solid part of the upper fuselage structure fell off. Nevertheless, the plane managed to land safely. As a result of the accident, only one flight attendant was killed.

The sun and the moon seem to us to be about the same size due to an amazing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, but 400 times closer.