This man is a troll of the highest caliber.

Living near the airport and seeing that flying planes disturbed his sleep, he painted a huge sign on the roof of his house that reads, "Welcome to Cleveland. And all would be well, but he lives in Milwaukee. Passengers of planes coming in for a landing made hysterics when they saw the innoscription and decided that they had come to the wrong place, so the pilots began to fly around his house, and the elderly troll was able to sleep normally.

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Insectophobia is a fear of insects.

Insectophobia is among the specific phobias, i.e. limited to strictly defined objects or situations.

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Each king depicted on the playing cards is a real historical character.

The King of Spades is King David, the King of Crosses is Alexander the Great, the King of Hearts is Charlemagne, and the King of Diamonds is Julius Caesar.

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Densuke black watermelon, $6,100

In 2008, one of these rare watermelons sold at auction in Japan for $6,100. It doesn't seem crazy, but precious black watermelons are still worth less than royal melons (about them below).

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A gorilla named Michael is the first "talking" male gorilla in history to learn to communicate through gestures. His vocabulary included more than 600 words, and thanks to gestures the zoo workers learned about the fate of his parents. Michael was able to "tell" that his mother was killed by poachers for meat.

Just imagine how many stories we would learn if we taught this language to all the primates!

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The most popular sandwich in France is simply a baguette cut lengthwise and smeared with butter and to which slices of ham are added. It is called the Jambon-Beurre.

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Guess what material shoes, bag, and other things are made of?

Paper

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In South Korea, the age of a child is not counted from birth, as in other countries, but from conception.
Therefore, in this Asian country, babies are born at the age of nine months.

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In Canada, they give a free bus ticket along with a bottle of whiskey so that people don't drive drunk.

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The British government's wine cellar contains €2 million worth of wine.

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1,500 meters is the amount of wire needed for the strings of each piano.

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And this is called circular drawing, you have to be a real master to learn this kind of thing, it's amazing.

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A rare photo, which depicts a southerner - the strongest constant wind in the world, often blowing in Pevek. The precursor of its appearance is the formation of a stable cloud ridge in the clear sky. Yuzhak velocity can reach 35-50 meters per second. Photo by Sergey Begunov, geologist of Chaun GRES.

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The drink of all nations.

Every nation has moonshine. In Hungary it is called pálinka, in England - hooch, in Ireland - pótín.

The Germans make schwarzgebranntes, the Americans make moonshine, and the French invented eord-boyaux.

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🦁First roar

Lion cubs do not learn to growl until they are two years old.

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Soccer fields are striped so that people can better see the players without shadows.
And also, straight lines of grass strips serve as a kind of additional markings, so that, for example, referees can more accurately see the position of players on the field during the match.

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Alimony in Germany is 45% of the parent's income.

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The largest kidney stone in the world weighed 1.36 kilograms.

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Smokers get tired four times faster than non-smokers.

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Ninety percent of homes in Iceland are heated by hot water from geothermal springs. The hot water flows from wells, which can range in depth from 200 to 2,000 meters, directly into the pipes. As the water flows through these pipes, it heats the homes of Icelanders.

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