1. How many Earth years?

Our planet more than 4.5 billion years. Recent studies have shown that the Earth is quite a bit younger than the sun - it came only 10 million years later.

2. Where is the hottest place on Earth?

"Death Valley" in California, the U.S. is considered the hottest place on Earth. In 1917, during the 43 days they had a temperature over 48.9 degrees Celsius. However, in Libya there is a place of Al-Aziz, where the maximum recorded temperature was 57.8 degrees Celsius.

Microwave
The famous explorer Percy Spencer, received more than 120 patents for inventions, an employee of one of the largest companies in the world's military-industrial complex Raytheon, accidentally became the creator of the microwave oven. In 1945, shortly before the end of World War II, he conducted research, aims to improve the quality of radar.
At the time of the experience of Spencer discovered that chocolate bar lying on the table in front of the radiator worked melted. After a series of experiments established the first microwave oven, which weighed about 400 kg. It is intended to be used in restaurants, planes and ships - where needed to quickly heat up food.

Repellents do not ward off mosquitoes - they hide you. Substances contained in the repellent, blocking the receptors with which mosquitoes find their prey.

Dentists recommend keeping a toothbrush at a distance of not less than two meters from the toilet.

No piece of paper can not fold in half more than seven times.

Every year on the ground Donkeys kill more people than die in air crashes.

1. Flag of Alaska created the 13-year-old boy.

2. Military honor in any country does not give his left hand.

3. International telephone code of Antarctica - 672.

4. Captain Cook was the first man, whose foot stepped on all the continents of the Earth, except Antarctica.

5. West African tribe mats playing football a human skull.

6. In Australia pyatidesyatitsentovaya coin initially containing silver in the amount of two dollars.

7. Most libraries in the British steal Guinness Book of Records.

8. Orchestre National de Monaco more than his army.

1. Eye of oysters larger than its brain.

2. 97% of people who offered a new pen, first write your name.

3. Before the Second World War in New Yorkckoy phone book there were 22 of Hitler ... and not one after ..

4. Experiments show that a cat dropped from the seventh floor, has 30% less likely to survive than a cat dropped from the 20 th floor. Predpolgaetsya that the cat is required to fly eight floors to see what proichodit, relax and regroup.

5. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucous membrane every two weeks, otherwise it digest itself.

6. In China, now living: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

7. To avoid the threats are to be crushed in the jaws of a crocodile, experts advise to pierce his thumbs in his eyes, and he'll soon release.

Adobe - named after the river Adobe Creek, which flowed behind the house of founder John Vornoka (John Warnock).

Adidas - in honor of one of the founders of Adi Daslera

Apache - Initially the company was engaged in the delivery of patches to the program. From this happened A PAtCHy, which tranformirovalos in Apache. Indians have their own version =)

Apple - favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs). After three months of futile attempts to find a name for your new business, he put his partner an ultimatum: "I'll call the company Apple, if 5ti to watch you do not offer the best". Apples Macintosh - the name of apples, prodavashegosya in the U.S..

Canon - in honor of Kwanon, the Buddhist god of mercy. It was changed to Canon, to avoid the protests of religious organizations

You still have no luck? Do not forget, everything could be much worse ...

1. The average cost of rescue and rehabilitation of a seal after the accident, the tanker Exxon Valdez in Alaska totaled about $ 80,000. At issue in the sea last two, especially costly animal was decided to hold a special ceremony at joyful applause of spectators. A few seconds later, the sight of all, out of nowhere who took a huge orca ate both heroes of the occasion.

2. A student who has studied psychology in New York, passed the room worker, carpenter. She was going to constantly Doe% @ vat tenant and explore it behavioral reactions. After several weeks of constant nagging, the carpenter lost his temper and% bnul her with an ax, leaving her a retard until the end of days.

1. Victor Lustig (1890-1947) - a man who sold the Eiffel Tower
Lustig is one of the most brilliant scam ever lived on earth. He endlessly inventing scam, had 45 aliases and is fluent in five languages. Only in the U.S. Lusztig arrested 50 times, but for lack of proof always released to freedom. Before the First World War Lustig specialized in organizing fraudulent lotteries in the transatlantic cruises. In 1920 he moved to the U.S., and only a couple of years cheated tens of thousands of dollars, banks and individuals.

The most ambitious scam Lusztig has been selling the Eiffel Tower. In May 1925 Lustig in search of adventure has arrived in Paris. In a French newspaper Lustig read that the famous tower of the order dilapidated and in need of repair. Lustig decided to use it. The fraudster was fake credentials, in which he called a deputy head of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs, and then sent a formal letter of six dealers of secondary ferrous metals.

Napoleon - Hitler

Napoleon was born in 1760
Hitler was born in 1889
(A difference of 129 years)

Napoleon came to power in 1804
Hitler came to power in 1933
(A difference of 129 years)

Napoleon entered Vienna in 1812
Hitler went to Vienna in 1941
(A difference of 129 years)

In Panama, the New Year's Eve does not interfere with vigilance, or above, from the balcony, can sprinkle flour or pour water. Year begins here, with bells ringing at the fire tower, and under this ringing all congratulate each other a Happy New Year and even strangers. And only a call-back bells, the city once filled with a roar of pounding pieces of wood, wailing sirens, the cries of people - in this night adults can be naughty, as children. And, of course, waiting for Santa Claus, who is called Papai Noel.