There is a windy season on Mars, when persistent atmospheric currents form here.

Despite the low density of the Martian atmosphere, they raise so much sand and dust that from space Mars begins to look like a muddy red-brown spot.

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The windiest continent on Earth is undoubtedly Antarctica.

In its center, sustained winds blow almost constantly, reaching a fairly high speed of 50-60 km/h, and all this is combined with severe frosts to -70 °C. In such conditions, a person, even appropriately dressed, most likely will not last an hour.

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In 1950, the Guinness Book of World Records named Klaus from San Francisco the fattest cat.

At 8 years old, he weighed 18 kg and was 91 cm around the waist.

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People say "before you can blink your eye," because it is the fastest muscle in the body.

A blink lasts about 100 to 150 milliseconds, and you can blink 5 times per second.

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The New Zealand lightfly mosquito.

The name Arachnocampa translates as spider larva, because in the larval stage mosquitoes weave nests of silk on the ceilings of the caves in which they live.

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Aesthetics through science

Prototype glass faucet that creates a whirlpool when you open the faucet.

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The rarest American albino alligator. Only 12 of them live in the world. Albino alligators do not survive in the wild - they are too conspicuous.

A baby albino was caught in Louisiana. The alligator lived in the Louisiana Zoo for a while, and then it was moved to Gatoland Preserve, where there were four more creatures like it.

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One of Istanbul's beauties

The Bosphorus and the suspension bridges over it

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This mosquito met its doom.

The insect is digested by the Drosera capsa. Its brightly colored tentacles secrete sticky mucus that traps and digests its prey.

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It is impossible to catch a cold at the North and South Poles.

And you can't get the flu. The reason is obvious: at the poles it is so cold that ordinary viruses simply do not survive there.

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Solar eclipse.

A total solar eclipse at a certain point on Earth occurs once every 370 years. The shadow of the Moon with a diameter of 270 km moves at a speed of 1 km/sec.

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South Korea conducted the first tests of a vacuum tunnel

The Korean Research Institute of Railway Engineering has accelerated its mini-train to a record-breaking 1019 km/h which is slightly below the speed of sound (1192 km/h). Scientists expect to run this transport along the Seoul-Pusan route as early as 2024, reducing travel time from 3 hours to 30 minutes.

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A person who reads does not need caloric foods to cope with the hardships of a boring life.

People who read are much less likely to be overweight.

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Every second, 1.5 million tons of solar material is blown out of the Sun into space.

The magnetosphere shields the Earth, but the solar wind can reach the planet near the poles and disrupt satellite, radio, and GPS signals

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Young deer antlers are covered with skin and hair, but as the antlers grow, the skin on them dries out and peels off.

This is why deer with growing antlers so often scratch trees with them.

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The interesting thing about the structure of electric eels is the electrical organs, which occupy about 4/5 of the body length.

An eel generates a discharge of up to 860V and a current of up to 40 milliamps.

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In order to take off, the rocket needs incredible power.

Such power can be achieved, but the fire from the rocket will melt everything it encounters and even the rocket itself! To prevent this from happening, water is placed under the rocket, which is what makes it steam as it takes off.

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The amazing sight of a blue whale at lunch

After gaining about 110 tons of water, the whale closes its mouth and uses its tongue to squeeze water back into the ocean through the whale mustache.

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At NASA's Space Science Center there is a poster of bees that reads:

"A bee's aerodynamic body is not adapted to fly, but it's a good thing the bee doesn't know that."

The law of physics, the aerodynamic principle states that the width of the wings is too small to keep her huge body in flight, but the bee doesn't know, she knows nothing about physics or its logic and still flies...

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