In winter in Finland, temperatures drop to -40C

Trees are covered with so much snow and frost that it looks like a landscape from another planet.

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The shortest correspondence in history was between Victor Hugo and his publisher in 1862.

When Les Miserables was published, Hugo was on vacation. He wanted to know how his readers perceived his work, so he sent his publisher a telegram with only one sign - "?" . The publisher replied "!" reporting the success of the book.

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A penguin jumped into a boat to escape orcas

The predators spotted a sub-Antarctic penguin swimming nearby and rushed in pursuit. To escape his imminent death, the penguin attempted to jump into the boat with the tourists, but he only succeeded on his second attempt

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The amount of hair affects a person's intelligence🤔

An American psychiatrist proved in his study that intelligence is influenced by the amount of body hair: the more there is, the smarter you are. And in 1996, Dr. Aikarakudi Alias stated that chest hair is more common among doctors and highly educated people.

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The video shows the strobe effect.

The strobe light flashes a little faster than the frequency of the droplets, so it looks like the droplets are going up. If the flashing frequency were the same as the droplet frequency, the droplets would be frozen in the air in one place.

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An attraction called "Globe of Death"

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100 years ago, kissing was forbidden in train stations in France

So as not to cause delays when trains were dispatched. By the way, the law is still in force today.

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When you see an advertisement for a shampoo that strengthens, stimulates growth or stops hair loss, it's just another marketing ploy.

The shampoo cannot have any noticeable effect on the root of the hair, because it is on the scalp for a short time.

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In Sweden, there is a Museum of Disgusting Food, opened in 2018.

Since October 29, the Swedish city of Malmö has been home to the Museum of Disgusting Food, whose creators reflected on the meaning of food for humans. According to the authors of the exhibition, a sense of disgust from an evolutionary point of view often helped humans avoid unsafe food and, as a consequence, diseases.

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Sugar used to be sold in large chunks - so-called sugar heads.

In 1841, the wife of Jacob Christoph Rad, the manager of an Austrian sugar manufactory, cut her finger severely while trying to break a piece off the head. Taking this incident into account, Rad soon invented and patented the production of refined sugar in small cubes.

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The traditional Vietnamese pointed hat came into being as a protection against coconuts falling from trees.

If a coconut falls on such a hat, of course, it will hit a person, but not fatally, and then it will bounce away. Without the hat, the fall of a coconut on the head most often results in death.

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The Grand Canyon of Stanislaus in the Kherson Mountains is one of the most amazing and beautiful places in Ukraine.

The vertical slopes of the canyon consist of multicolored clay and reach up to 55 meters in height.

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Methane Bubbles in the Ice of Lake Baikal.

Baikal is not only the oldest and deepest lake in the world, containing one-fifth of the world's freshwater reserves, but also a huge methane reservoir.

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American man lived for 17 months without a heart

In the U.S. successfully tested a new technology that allows patients on the waiting list for a heart transplant to survive for a long time without this vital organ. Stan Larkin lived for 17 months during which the heart functions were performed by the device lying in his backpack.

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The place where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet.

Their waters touch, but do not mix because of their different densities.

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The fastest pit stop in the world: only 1.82 seconds.

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The CIA tried to use cats as spies in the Soviet Union. The project lasted 5 years from 1962-1967 and cost the U.S. budget $20 million

In the 1960s, the CIA attempted to create an intelligence unit out of cats. They are cautious and clever animals, which can easily overcome most obstacles and have good camouflage. Also in favor of cats was the fact that they arouse sympathy in most people, which increases the likelihood of direct contact with the "object".

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British KFCs have edible coffee cups.

The utensils are made from unique cookies, which are wrapped in sugar paper and then covered with a layer of heat-resistant white chocolate.

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Β In the forests of India grows a plant called kalir kanda, locally called "cheat your stomach".

After eating 1-2 leaves, one feels full for a whole week, despite the fact that there are no nutrients in the leaves. Ηe is good for people who want to lose weight.

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