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The most psychedelic writer

Did you know that Lewis Carroll, a shy British mathematician who wrote fairy tales about Alice, should be recognized as the most psychedelic writer of all time? His writings were inspired by the Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Tim Burton and others. Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He had the ecclesiastical rank of deacon, and in his personal diaries, Carroll constantly repented of some sin. However, these pages were destroyed by the writer’s family so as not to discredit his image.

Poe's Source of Horror Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe was afraid of the dark all his life?

Perhaps one of the reasons for this fear was that as a child the future writer studied... in a cemetery. The school where the boy went was so poor that it was impossible to buy textbooks for the children. A resourceful math teacher taught classes in a nearby cemetery, among the graves. Each student chose a tombstone for himself and calculated how many years the deceased had lived, subtracting the date of birth from the date of death. It is not surprising that Poe grew up to become what he became - the founder of the world's horror literature.

Unexpected guest

Did you know that in 1857 Hans Christian Andersen came to visit Dickens? Andersen and Dickens met back in 1847, were completely delighted with each other, and now, 10 years later, the Dane decided to take advantage of the invitation given to him. The trouble is that over the years in Dickens’s life everything has changed and become more complicated - he was not ready to accept Andersen, and he lived with him for almost five weeks! “He doesn’t speak any languages except his Danish, although there are suspicions that he doesn’t know that either,” Dickens told his friends about his guest in this way. Poor Andersen became the target of ridicule from the numerous descendants of the author of Little Dorrit, and when he left, Dad Dickens left a note in his room: “Hans Andersen slept in this room for five weeks, which seemed like years to our family.” And you also ask why Andersen wrote such sad fairy tales?

About love for our smaller brothers The romantic poet adored animals and even kept a menagerie in which a badger, monkeys, horses, a parrot, a crocodile and many other animals lived.

About birth and death

Did you know that William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day (but, fortunately, on different years) - On April 23, 1564, he was born and, 52 years later, died on the same day.
On the same day as Shakespeare, another great writer died - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The author of Don Quixote died on April 23, 1616.

Nobel laureate

Did you know that in 1925 the Nobel Prize in Literature
awarded to Bernard Shaw, who called the event "a token of gratitude for the relief he has given the world by not publishing anything this year."

Dickens' sad childhood

Did you know that Charles Dickens had a very difficult childhood? When his dad went to debtor's prison, little Charlie was sent to work... no, not in a chocolate factory, but in a blacking factory, where he stuck labels on jars from morning to evening. Not dusty, you say? But stick them from morning to evening instead of playing football with the boys, and you will understand why Dickens’ images of unfortunate orphans turned out to be so convincing.

Stendhal syndrome

Did you know that the French writer Stendhal, after his visit to
Florence in 1817 wrote: “When I left the Church of the Holy Cross, my heart began to beat, it seemed to me that the source of life had dried up, I walked, afraid of collapsing to the ground...” The masterpieces of art that excite the writer can have a similar effect on other people, causing rapid heartbeat and dizziness - this psychosomatic disorder is called Stendhal syndrome. The person who has “picked up” it experiences extremely heightened emotions from contemplating the paintings, as if transported into the space of the image. Often the feelings are so strong that people try to destroy works of art. In a broader sense, Stendhal syndrome can be caused by any observed beauty - for example, nature or women.

Death of a pseudonym

Did you know that in the 1970s, American publishers considered it undesirable for authors to publish more than one book per year. Stephen King, who wanted to be published more, began writing some works under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. In 1984, a bookstore clerk became suspicious of the similarity in the authors' literary styles and discovered a record in the Library of Congress that King was the author of one of Bachman's novels, notifying King's publishers of his discovery. The writer himself called this seller and offered to write an exposing article, agreeing to an interview. It resulted in a press release announcing the death of Richard Bachman from “alias cancer.”

Cat lover

Did you know that Ernest Hemingway had a weakness for cats and He constantly kept several pets in his house. One day he was given a Maine Coon named Snowball, who, due to a genetic mutation, was polydactyl, that is, he had extra toes. Today, more than 50 cats live in the Hemingway House Museum, half of which are also polydactyl, as many are descendants of Snowball. A significant part of tourists visit this museum primarily because of the cats, and not in order to join the writer’s heritage.

About the strange story of Jekyll and Hyde

Did you know that the first manuscript " Strange story Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Stevenson was burned by his wife. Biographers have two versions of why she did this: some say that she considered such a plot unworthy of a writer, others say that she was unhappy with the incomplete disclosure of the topic of split personality. Nevertheless, Stevenson, suffering from tuberculosis, re-wrote this novella in three days, which became one of his most commercially successful works and allowed his family to get out of debt.

The shortest correspondence

Did you know that Victor Hugo in 1862, while on vacation, wanted to know about the reaction of readers to the just published novel “Les Miserables” and sent a telegram to his publisher using only the character “?”. He sent a telegram in response, also with one sign - “!”. This was probably the shortest correspondence in history.

Twain's pseudonym

Did you know that the origin of Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pseudonym, "Mark Twain", comes from his work on steam ships on the Mississippi River?
The safe water depth was considered to be a mark of 2 phantoms (3.6 m), which the boatmen measured using a stick with markings. In those days, the word "twins" (then spelled "twain" in English) usually meant "two", so boatmen would shout when they reached a safe depth: "There are two on the mark" (which in English was "by mark twain" ).

Addiction

Did you know that Charles Dickens drank half a liter every day? champagne. To increase your popularity new level, he decided to give lectures. And where there is a lecture, there is a subsequent meeting with readers! How can we live here without champagne! In addition, Dickens's personal life was extremely disorderly.

From 15 pages to 200

Did you know that the film " Misterious story Benjamin Button" (2008) was based on the story of the same name by Francis Scott Fitzgerald? An interesting fact is that the creators of this film liked the story so much that they turned the several-page work into a 200-page script describing 80 years of Benjamin's life.

The Science of Love

Did you know that the world-famous book “Kama Sutra” includes not only a description of sexual positions (to which only 15 chapters out of 64 are devoted), but also reflections on the topic of relationships between men and women and life in general? Most of the book consists of reflections on love in general, on girls, on men, on relationships between the sexes, on courtship and charm. The word “Kama Sutra” is translated as “instruction on kama,” that is, on all aspects of love. For scientists, it has another value: the book describes Interesting Facts about life in India at that time.

"In the mountains of my Scotland..."

Did you know that one of the ancestors of M.Yu. Lermontov was legendary Scottish mystic poet? The poet always knew that his father, Yuri Petrovich Lermontov, traced his family back to the Scottish officer Georg Lermont. He served as a mercenary in the Polish army, and in 1613, while defending the White Fortress, he was captured and went over to the side of Russia, where he became the ancestor of numerous descendants. But about his most famous ancestor - Thomas Learmonth, a poet of ancient Scotland who lived in the 13th century, M.Yu. Lermontov most likely had no idea. Only a few poems by Thomas Learmonth have survived to this day, often framed as predictions; many more legends about him have survived. It is said that on the ancient Eildon Hill, where, according to legend, King Arthur and his knights rest, there stood the Eildon Oak, which contained the entrance to the kingdom of fairies. In his youth, Thomas fell in love with a fairy, and she took him to her kingdom for 7 years. There he received his prophetic gift, and, upon returning, prophesied about the outcome of wars, about the fate of kings and cities, and then again went to his fairy - forever.

The most unusual book.

Did you know that one of the most unusual books in the world is Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” written on a sheet of paper measuring 80 by 60 cm by the Benedictine monk Gabriel Celani. All 14,000 verses can be easily read with the naked eye, and if you look at the sheet from some distance, you see a colorful map of Italy. Celani spent four years on this work.

Baby books.

Did you know that the twelve smallest books in the world fit into one tablespoon. Among them there is a miniature edition of the Koran, a dictionary in English 12 thousand words and the French Constitution.

You can't strangle this book, you can't kill it...

Did you know that an ordinary book of a standard format of 500 pages cannot be crushed, even if you put 15 wagons loaded with coal on it?

The longest work.

Did you know that the longest work of art is the novel “People of Good Will” by Romain Jules. It was published in 27 (!) volumes in 1932-1946. The volume of the novel was 4959 pages, and there were approximately 2,070,000 words in it (for example, the Bible has approximately 773,700 words).

The most prolific writer.

Did you know that one of the most prolific writers is Jose Carlos Rioqui de Alpoim Inue from Brazil. He wrote 1,046 science fiction novels, westerns and thrillers, which were published between 1986 and 1996.

The most popular book.

Did you know that the most popular book remains the Bible. Between 1815 and 1999, 3.88 billion copies were sold.

Writer-leader.

Did you know that Agatha Christie has remained the absolute leader among the most popular writers for several decades now. Its 78 detective stories have been translated into 44 languages and have sold more than 2 billion copies.

About the name Svetlana...

Did you know that the name Svetlana is not originally Slavic? It was invented and first used by the poet Vostokov in the romance “Svetlana and Mstislav”, and gained wide popularity after the publication of Zhukovsky’s ballad “Svetlana” in 1813.

Detective's fictitious address.

Did you know that at the time the stories about Sherlock Holmes were written, the house with the address 221b Baker Street did not exist. When the house appeared, a flood of letters fell to this address. One of the rooms in this building is considered the room of the great detective. Subsequently, the address 221b Baker Street was officially assigned to the house in which the Sherlock Holmes Museum is located. Moreover, to do this, they even had to break the numbering order of the houses on the street.

Hot Italian Othello.

Did you know that Shakespeare's hero had a real prototype? Italian Maurizio Othello. He commanded the Venetian forces in Cyprus and lost his wife there under extremely suspicious circumstances. The diminutive name Mauro in Italian also means “Moor,” which led to Shakespeare’s mistake in assigning such a nationality to the hero.

F Rankenstein - a simple student?!

Did you know that Frankenstein is not the name of the famous monster? In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818, this same monster was simply called the “Monster.” Victor Frankenstein was the name of a young student scientist from Geneva who created a living creature from non-living material.

A terrible continuation of the legend

Did you know that the American writer William Burroughs was inspired by the legend of the medieval Swiss archer William Tell, who, for disobedience to the German governor, was forced to shoot at the apple on the head of his own son, and Tell did not miss. Interested in this story, Burroughs wanted to surprise the guests at one of the parties. The writer put a glass on the head of his wife Joan Vollmer and fired a pistol - the wife died from a hit in the head.

Jules Verne Card Index

Did you know that Jules Verne spent many hours a day studying scientific literature, writing down facts that interested him on special cards. The card index he compiled could be the envy of the scientific community: it contained more than 20 thousand cards.

Life is like a novel

Did you know that Danielle Steele's life is like one of her many stories. She was married five times, her second husband robbed a bank and was later convicted of rape, the third was a drug-addicted burglar. Everything is like in the song of the Via Gra group - “But my fifth is not at all like that, in his hands I melt like ice...”

The thorny path to fame

Did you know that Nora Roberts, the author of several hundred romantic short stories, and for several years included in the New York Times list of most popular writers, tried for a long time to get some publishing house to publish her novel. One of the publishing houses, Harlequin, refused the future celebrity for the reason that “they already have an American writer” with whom they are collaborating.

Many Russians think that Catherine II sold Alaska to the United States, but this is not so. The transfer of the territory of Alaska was completed under Alexander II.
If a Hawaiian woman puts a flower behind her left ear, then she is married. If she is for the right, then she is available for men to court.
Not all people, as is commonly believed, kiss with their eyes closed; about 60% do. Others like to watch their partner's reaction.
The most ancient mountains are located on the territory of Russia and are called Ural mountains, which amaze with their picturesqueness.
The most unusual school is located in Cambodia, it is located in the middle of the river and is called Kompong Luong. It is noteworthy that children swim to it in basins.
The largest prison for political prisoners is located on the territory of the DPRK; more than 50 thousand people are imprisoned almost for life in Camp No. 22.
Light-eyed people are better at distinguishing colors than those with brown eyes. Everything is explained by the pigmentation of the iris, which in blue-eyed people is more sensitive to light.

Located in the Altai Territory in Russia amazing place, in which you cannot stay for more than 20 minutes. This is the famous “Valley of Death”, the volcanic fumes of which kill all living things in just half an hour.
The most radioactive place in Russia is Lake Karachay. Fifteen minutes on the shore of the lake is enough to receive radiation of 600 roentgens, which is considered fatal.
The most expensive potatoes in the world cost more than 500 euros per kilogram. It is called "La Bonnote" and is grown on the French island of Nourmoitier in Atlantic Ocean. Connoisseurs of this potato claim its excellent taste.
Petite Jyoti Amge is considered the smallest girl in the world. Her height is only 62 centimeters, the baby lives in the Indian city of Nagpur.
The most expensive and valuable mushroom in the world is called the black truffle; the price of a large specimen can reach up to seven thousand euros. Not every common man can afford such a treat.
Most dirty city on the planet, this is Russian Karabash. Over the almost hundred-year history of the local copper smelter, the entire nature of Karabash has become more like that of Mars. Acid rain occurs in this place, and the rivers have an unnatural color due to iron oxides.
The real pole of cold is the Russian city of Verkhoyansk. It is there that the lowest record-low temperatures with a minus sign were recorded on the planet in those places where people live.
Most people on earth have demotex mites living in their eyelashes; under microscope magnification these are real monsters!
Whatever the date of your birthday, twenty million people around the world celebrate it with you at the same time.
The longest reality show in the world is Dom-2. It has been running for more than ten years, and it is obvious that the television production will become the second “Santa Barbara”.
When a man watches porn, he pays attention to the actress's face. On the contrary, women look at the genitals.
People with blue eyes see better in the dark. It is believed that fewer and fewer blue-eyed children are born in the world each time.
In the west of China they drink salty tea. The tradition is deeply rooted in the past, and instead of sugar, table salt is added to hot tea.
Russia is not only the largest country in the world by territory, it is also the only state that is washed by 12 seas.
The most common name on the planet is Muhammad, and the surname is Lee. Among Russian surnames, the surname Kuznetsov is widespread.
During flights, the marabou stork can fall asleep and hover in the air for ten minutes.
Cleaner fish are hermaphrodites. The female can degenerate into a male and fertilize the offspring.
The only animals in the world that have a rectangular elongated pupil are goats, sheep and octopuses.
All people with blue eyes are potential relatives, since blue color is a mutation of the HERC 2 gene. People with this eye color appeared on the planet about 10 thousand years ago.
The substances in mosquito repellents do not repel insects, but camouflage a person. As a result, special receptors are blocked, and the mosquito simply does not “feel” its prey.
After forty years, people begin to grow down. A person shrinks with age by about one centimeter. This happens due to the drying out of the cartilage tissue in the joints.
The creepiest and most unusual road in the world is called “Road to Nowhere”. This is a fifteen-kilometer stretch of highway in New Mexico that ends in an absolute dead end. There are not very good rumors about this expensive place among the locals.
Venus is the only planet in the solar system that rotates counterclockwise. Why is this happening? Scientists give this phenomenon a variety of explanations, but the most obvious is the dense atmosphere of the planet.
In the nineteenth century, Horace Fletcher proposed a diet called Fletcherism. The idea was to chew your food at least 30 times and then spit it out. It was assumed that the stomach is full and the person does not gain weight.
The worst slums in the world are located in Kenya, right in the capital of Nairobi. More than twenty million people live in a world without electricity, water, sewerage, schools or hospitals.
The largest meteorite that fell to earth is considered to be the Goba meteorite, which reaches almost three meters in length. A celestial body was discovered in Namibia. It weighs more than 60 tons and is 90 percent iron.
The ancient representatives of snakes had legs. Scientists assumed that more than 130 million years ago snakes had limbs that allowed them to move quite quickly.
Hong Kong is recognized as the largest and most populous metropolis on the planet. The city is home to more than thirty-five million people.
Why do people wear wedding rings on the ring finger? The tradition came from Ancient Greece, where it was believed that the “vein of love” ran through the ring finger, going straight to the heart.
Bob Marley's crypt contains his guitar, a bible, a football and a package of marijuana.
The human femur inspired Eiffel to create the famous Parisian tower.
Perfume was invented in the 16th century to remove the stench from unwashed bodies. In Europe, people haven't swam all their lives!
To keep fit, a person must take at least ten thousand steps a day.
Americans have the healthiest teeth; approximately forty percent of US citizens have never experienced problems with caries.
Every three seconds one child is born on earth, and every 5 seconds someone dies.
Over the course of a lifetime, the average person eats 30 tons of food; if you imagine this in volume, then the weight of all the food eaten in a lifetime is equal to the weight of 8 elephants.
Most billionaires do not live in United Arab Emirates, and in Moscow. But still the most expensive city in the world it is not Moscow, but Hong Kong.
The mythical creature mothman or mothman in the Jersey bridge collapse in the late 60s was seen by about a hundred people at a time.
American Charles Osborne hiccupped for 65 years without stopping. Nothing helped the poor man.
Russia and the United States are separated by only four kilometers. Don't believe me? Find Chukotka on the map and measure the distance from the Chukotka Territory to Alaska.
Bolivia has the most dangerous road in the world, its length is 70 kilometers. Drivers drive on a narrow track without bumpers over an abyss of three thousand meters!
There are a lot of transvestites living in Thailand. The country's authorities have gone so far as to say that in the cities of Thailand there are schools where young transvestites study; in ordinary schools there is a special toilet for such children.
We often hear voice-over laughter in soap operas, but few people know that the same recording from 1950 has been dubbed over and over again for many years. Many of these people are no longer alive.
Napoleon Bonaparte has always been considered a short man. But during the 18th and 19th centuries, people were not tall. Napoleon's height was 170 centimeters, and he was even considered above average at that time.
On the planet Uranus there is no such off-season as on Earth. There winter constantly gives way to summer. Winter or summer lasts exactly forty-two Earth years.
Pluto has long been considered one of the planets of the solar system. This unusual celestial object was discovered in 1930, and its name was given to it by the 11th girl Venice Bernie from Old England.
On our planet there is an amazing underground city. It is located in Australia and is called Coober Pedy. Precious opals are mined there, and local residents They live in apartments literally hollowed out in caves.
According to statistics, a person kisses for about three years of his life. By the way, in some countries the French kiss is still considered extremely indecent and is equivalent to a kiss on the genitals.
The smallest dog breed is the Chihuahua. Typically these dogs do not reach a weight of more than two kilograms.
Up to 100 thousand bees live in one beehive; the queen bee lays more than a thousand eggs a day and lives on average two years. When the queen dies, the bees leave their hive.
Most copiers in the world break down after people try to “photocopy” their butt.
The most expensive houses are those painted yellow. There is less purchasing activity for white houses.
The famous yo-yo was once used in the Philippines as a weapon against enemies.
Bolivia is the only country in the world where there is a navy, but there is no access to the sea or ocean.
Everest is not the best high mountain in the world, there is a higher peak. It is called Mauna Kea, its height is ten thousand meters and it is located in the Hawaiian Islands.
The largest car in the world is the Ford F 650. Such a colossus weighs twelve tons!
Half an hour of listening to music on headphones increases the number of bacteria in the ear canal by 700 times!
The only animal that can laugh are ordinary rats. At the same time, all other animals in the world are deprived of this due to the lack of facial expressions.
Love is not a hindrance to marriage. The largest age difference was recorded in Malaysia. The groom was 105 years old, and the young bride was only 22 years old.
One day Pablo Escobar was very cold while hiding from the police. To keep warm, he threw wads of money into the fire; as a result, two million US dollars flew into the fire.
Every minute operators mobile communications earn almost a million dollars from SMS.
In India a man must marry his daughter older sister. According to Indian canons, this is not considered incest.
Ancient Egyptian nobles kept crocodiles as pet cats, and even bought them jewelry made of gold and precious stones.
The tallest man on earth lives in Turkey. His name is Sultan Kosen, and his height reaches a full two and a half meters. Such a giant can be seen a mile away, and in Turkey Sultan is a local celebrity who is often invited to TV shows.
The deepest hole in the ocean is blue hole Dina. According to scientists, its depth is more than two hundred meters. Divers and ordinary travelers love this place. It is very picturesque.
North Korea is the most closed country in the world. It terrifies the common man with its strict rules. For example, on every street in Pyongyang there are loudspeakers that blare sirens at seven in the morning, signaling that people have to go to work.
Amancio Ortega is recognized as the richest man in Europe; he owns such companies as Pull and Bear, Bershka, Zara. At the same time, Amancio Ortega leads a rather secluded lifestyle and does not at all look like a rich man.
A child up to five years of age can learn several foreign languages. Children at a young age perfectly remember words and foreign expressions, and this knowledge is retained by a person almost until old age.
The most poisonous fish in the world, fugu, has tetrotoxin poison, which kills an adult in almost a few minutes. The poison is found in the innards, skin, gills and eyes of the fugu.
In ancient Japan, there was a cult of miniature female legs. Therefore, girls from rich families literally had their feet tightly bandaged from birth so that the bones practically did not grow. Such feet were compared to a lotus, and the smaller the foot, the more noble the bride was.
Color blindness is a rather unpleasant phenomenon. Most colorblind people live in Europe, namely in the Czech Republic. Scientists noted that there are no colorblind people in Fiji and in a number of other island settlements.
Are you often annoyed by the fact that you did not have time to cross the road at a traffic light? Scientists have found that the average person living in a city spends three whole weeks in front of a traffic light.
The weight of our planet is not constant. The most amazing thing is that the earth annually gains about fifty tons in weight and sheds about a hundred tons. Scientists have not yet found an explanation for this phenomenon.
Have you ever thought about why the rabbit is the symbol of Playboy? The logo was created and developed by Aruthor Paul back in 1953, as a funny sketch and a kind of comic caricature. It was thanks to this sketch that the layout of the first Playboy magazine was created in 1954.
Scientists have created algae that tastes like bacon and ham. They contain great amount vitamins and minerals necessary for our body. The main purpose of the invention is to fight hunger in a number of African countries. Seaweed is inexpensive and comes in a wide variety of flavors.
Most environmentally friendly clean city located in Switzerland. In the city of Zermatt it is prohibited to drive cars, as they pollute the atmosphere. Horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles or electric vehicle travel are permitted.
The largest dinosaur was found in Argentina. His height was 32 meters, and the giant weighed approximately 80 tons.
The largest dog in the world is a cute Great Dane named Gibson. If Gibson stands on his hind legs, then his height is two meters!
Every three seconds people claim to have seen a UFO, but this is usually just an optical illusion. Of course, there have been mass UFO sightings, but there has always been a rational explanation for unidentified objects in the sky.
A jellyfish that kills with just one touch lives in Australia. Its venom is a hundred times more dangerous than that of a cobra. This baby only weighs a couple of grams!
The largest star in the visible universe is Betelgeuse. It is located at a distance of more than six hundred million light years from our planet. If you compare it with the sun, then the sun is a poppy seed, and Betelgeuse is an orange. By the way, in the next 3 thousand years the star will explode, and the glow from its explosion can be observed with the naked eye from the ground.
Robots are being developed not only for human needs in the field of science. Robotics is gradually entering everyday life. By 2070, scientists plan to invent robots that can replace humans. Single people will have a chance to find their soul mate, robots will be able to express their feelings and even have sex.
The city that has the longest name in the world is Bangkok. The capital of Thailand sounds Thai language, as "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit." It’s surprising that every Thai should know this fancy name by heart.
A lightning strike can incinerate a person in literally seconds. But it’s not for nothing that the American Roy Cleveland is called a “lightning rod man.” Throughout his life, he survived seven lightning strikes and remained alive. Roy is even listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
The deepest subway in the world is not located in New York, but in Russian city Saint Petersburg. It's all about rocks, during the construction of the metro it was necessary to make tunnels at a depth of eighty meters.
The tallest Christmas tree was installed in Russia in 2013. The green beauty was placed on Poklonnaya Hill, and the height of the tree reached 50 meters in height. The record for the tallest tree has not yet been broken.
Humanity litters on a simply enormous scale. The largest and most impressive landfill is located in Pacific Ocean. Right in the middle of the ocean there is a many-kilometer-long landfill of plastic, technical waste, fuel oil and oil.
In the Middle Ages there were rather strange beauty rules for women. To achieve a white complexion, ladies used lead powder, removed freckles with sulfur, and brushed their teeth with arsenic paste.
American scientists have found that the best relaxation in the world is contemplation of aquarium fish. A 550-liter aquarium with multi-colored lighting was created especially for visitors to one of the New York parks.
Russia is considered the most big country in the world by territory. For quite a long time, Russia occupied third place in the honorable list of empires. The area of the Russian state is more than seventeen square million kilometers!
The crocodile is an amazing creature. Although the Nile crocodile breathes through its lungs, it can hold its breath underwater for about two hours.
The most terrible disease that has claimed the lives of almost half of the world's population is not the bubonic plague or the famous Spanish flu. This is malaria, which is caused by the malaria mosquito. In some parts of the planet, malaria is still rampant.

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