One-third of the world's food production ends up in the trash or is lost.

Each inhabitant of Europe and North America receives between 95 and 115 kg of discarded food per year, and each inhabitant of Africa, South and Southeast Asia receives between 6 and 11 kg per year.

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The most expensive caviar in the world is Almas caviar, yellow beluga albino eggs.

It sells for almost $2000 per 100 grams.

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The speed of the crocodile swimming near Australia.

According to some reports, it can reach speeds of up to 40 km/h in the water.

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Why do they make different colored dishwashing sponges?

The color of the sponge itself does not matter, but the color of a material that feels like felt, which is glued to the sponge. It is called Scotch-Brite. If you see Scotch-Brite green on the sponge, you know it's the densest, containing abrasive. It's designed to wash the roughest surface that isn't afraid of minor scratches.

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This ladder of fire is one of the coolest fireworks ever made, and certainly one of the most elaborate.

The ladder was created by a Chinese artist named Cai Guo-Qiang, who timed its incarnation to coincide with his grandmother's 100th birthday.

On Facebook, Qiao wrote that he wanted to create a "stairway to heaven." It's worth noting that he's been trying to make a ladder out of fireworks for the past 20 years, and this is the first time it's ever worked.

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If the Andromeda Galaxy were brighter.

It would be six times bigger than the Moon in the starry sky, and that's what our night sky would look like.

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Experts at the University of Virginia have found that the human brain begins to age at 27 years of age.

It is also interesting that the peak capacity of this organ occurs at the age of 22.

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The airbag fully inflates in 25-50 milliseconds.

By comparison, it takes about 100 milliseconds to blink an eye.

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The American flag was designed by a high school student.

The current American flag has 50 stars and was designed by Robert J. Heft. Heft originally designed the American flag in 1958 as a school project during his high school years. Heft received a grade of "B" on his design, but Stanley Pratt, his teacher, promised that his grade would be revised if the U.S. Congress passed the flag design. Heft's design was not only chosen, but adopted by the 1959 presidential proclamation.

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The tallest Ferris wheel in the world

The height of this enormous construction is 142.52 meters. This new world record belongs to the Ferris wheel built on the shore of the Bohai Sea in Weifang, Shandong Province, China.

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It looks like ice, but it is flowing water. It is a rather rare state of fluid, called steady laminar flow, and it is not an optical effect.

Laminar flow is a flow in which the fluid moves in layers without stirring or pulsation (that is, without random rapid changes in velocity and pressure).

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Jaw-transformer.

The largemouth has an incredibly long jaw and a snout that can curl into a tube. When the fish detects potential prey, it sharply extends its jaw forward and sucks the prey in.

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German freediver Tom Sitas was underwater for 22 minutes and 22 seconds.

He broke the world record for holding his breath at the lowest depth in a relaxed state.

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The Dodge Charger is the most dangerous car in the world.

On the first day of sales, eight people crashed it.

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Measuring swimsuit length on the beach in the 1920s.

If a swimsuit was too short, women were fined.

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