What circumstances led to the death of 38 people who played petanque? Detailed answer

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What circumstances led to the death of 38 people who played petanque?

In the Provençal national game of petanque, which consists of throwing balls, it is very difficult to get injured. But there is a case when 38 people died at once in one game. This happened in 1792 in Marseilles: the party members decided to hold it in a monastery, on the territory of which there was a powder warehouse, and cannonballs were used as balls. According to one version, the cause of the explosion was a spark carved by the core, according to another, the fact that one of the balls turned out to be a powder grenade.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Why do flies rub their paws together?

It is already customary to consider flies in the house as an annoying nuisance. They make an annoying buzz and annoy you when they start to crawl over your body. For centuries, the fly was considered… just an annoying irritant. And only in the twentieth century, a man suddenly learned that such a harmless-looking fly is one of his worst enemies.

It was discovered that flies carry pathogenic bacteria that can cause the death of millions of people every year! When you see how a fly rubs its paws against each other, it means that it cleans them, removing from them what has got on them, various garbage. But how dangerous this garbage can be! It can be bacteria of typhus, tuberculosis, dysentery. Flies collect these bacteria on various waste and sewage. Then, if they suddenly sit on our food, these bacteria will get into it, and we can get an infection. How does a fly spread these bacteria?

If you look at a fly through a magnifying glass, you can see that the body of a fly is not at all smooth. Her entire body, antennae and legs are covered with erect hairs. The tongue of the fly is also covered with a sticky liquid. This means that from almost any place where the fly sits, it collects dirt that sticks to its body, paws, tongue. Each of the three pairs of feet has claws and two hairy pads - so a lot of things can stick to them!

Incidentally, the sticky fluid produced in the fly's pads allows it to walk on ceilings or any other surface upside down.

Did you know that the fly is one of the oldest insects? Found the fossilized remains of flies, which are millions of years old. Will we ever get rid of flies altogether? The only thing we can do is stop them from multiplying. And if this is done, the sanitary condition of the whole world will improve significantly!

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