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Who managed to win the Olympic gold medal, stopping along the way and letting ducks through?

Two-time Olympic single rowing champion Henry Pierce of Australia won his first gold medal in Amsterdam in 1928. In the quarterfinal race, he was far ahead of his opponent, when he suddenly noticed a duck with ducklings blocking his path. He decided to stop and let them pass, and at this time the enemy bypassed him by five buildings. However, Pierce managed to win both this race and all subsequent ones.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Who are the Neanderthals?

To understand how human development took place, scientists carefully study everything that remains of primitive people: tools of labor and hunting, dishes, skeletons, etc. In 1856, the remains of several people. So for the first time the skeletons of primitive people were discovered, preserved entirely due to the fact that the ancient inhabitants of the caves buried their dead. As you might guess, they were called Neanderthals in honor of the Neanderthal area, where their remains were found.

Scientists hypothesize that Neanderthals lived for about 70 years in Central Asia, the Middle East and many regions of Europe. They appeared on Earth about 000 years ago.

What did a typical Neanderthal look like? He was a strong, stocky man. His face was very different from the face of a modern person: flat cheekbones, a heavy, far protruding jaw, a low forehead and an almost absent chin - such is the portrait of a normal Neanderthal. It is possible that early Neanderthals lived outdoors during the warming period between ice ages.

However, after a new cold snap, they moved under the arches of the caves and learned to fight the cold. Many hearths found in caves prove that these people used fire to keep them warm and protect them from predators. It is also very likely that they cooked food on it.

Neanderthals knew how to make not only hand axes, but also flint tools. The latter were wide fragments of stones with well-honed edges. Some of them were in the form of irregular triangles and, apparently, were used as knives for skinning and cutting the meat of slaughtered animals.

It is possible that Neanderthal hunters also had wooden spears pointed at the end. And, finally, one very interesting detail about the Neanderthals: their brains were larger than the brains of modern humans!

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