Test of the Crew Dragon manned parachute system.

The Crew Dragon parachutes look like big jellyfish in the sky. The most recent test demonstrated the parachute system's ability to land the spacecraft safely in the unlikely event of one of the four main parachutes failing.

British royal family banned from playing Monopoly

When Andrew - Prince Charles' younger brother - received a Monopoly board game as a gift in 2008, he said: "We're not allowed to play Monopoly at home. It makes people too aggressive.

🥔 Chips are just a joke.

Chips were invented by a chef who decided to play a joke on a customer who asked for thinner and firmer potatoes. I think his joke is well appreciated by billions of people.

The Dutch painter Piet Mondrian, one of the fathers of abstractionism, was a true workaholic.

Sometimes he kept working until his hands were covered with blisters from the brush.

The most unusual and one of the most beautiful glaciers is located in the north of Greenland and is called - "Elephant's Footstep".

Its shape, indeed, very much resembles the footprint of a huge elephant.

Diamonds are formed in the Earth's crust at a depth of more than 200 km.

Only thanks to volcanic eruptions are diamonds transported to depths accessible to man. The average age of any diamond is about 1.5 billion years.

The first advertising messages appeared long before our era - back in the days of ancient Egypt.

Archaeologists discovered a papyrus left by the master of a slave. The document praised the physical endurance, excellent health and other qualities of a slave, so that he could find a buyer more quickly.

Fish and seafood are digested in just 45 minutes!

It takes the stomach more than 5 hours to "process" pork and beef! This means that even fatty fish can be eaten at night and be sure to have a restful sleep. The combination of omega-3, fatty acids and vitamin D improves sleep quality.

The sarcophagus in which the body of Tutankhamun was found is made of 110 kilograms of pure gold.

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Albatrosses can sleep during flight. While one part of the brain sleeps, the other part remains active and helps the bird not to fall and crash into an obstacle.

Dolphins have the same ability to swim in their sleep.

🌳 In modern science, radioactive radiation is used very widely.

Breeders, for example, irradiate cultivated plants to induce mutations in them. There is always a chance that out of thousands of mutations one or two will turn out to be useful and resistant, thus creating a new plant variety.