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Why was the chiming of the chimes on television delayed for a minute during the meeting of the New Year 1992?

At the end of 1991, there was complete confusion with the New Year's address to the people. Gorbachev had already resigned as president of the USSR, and RSFSR President Yeltsin did not write down the appeal. The honorary role was offered to Mikhail Zadornov, who was the host of the Blue Light. The satirist spoke live and was so carried away that he spoke for a minute longer. For his sake, the chimes were delayed.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Even 200 years ago, no one knew about the existence of kangaroos, except for the natives. They were first seen by explorers and settlers in Australia. Kangaroos certainly have a pouch, and in Australia many mammals have pouches. Australia and the islands adjacent to it are the place where most of the marsupials live. Marsupials are one of the orders of mammals.

The first mammals appeared over 100 million years ago, during the time of the dinosaurs. Some were marsupials and some were placental. Placental mammals provided food for unborn babies in the mother's body. In marsupials, a bag served for this purpose. The cubs were born very small and developed in the mother's pouch.

When the climate changed on Earth, the dinosaurs became extinct. Mammals multiplied and developed extremely. They have become the main animals on Earth. It turned out that placental animals are more adapted to new conditions than marsupials. They have a better developed brain, and the cubs develop much better inside the mother's body than in the bag.

In almost all parts of the world marsupials have disappeared. They could not compete for living space with other mammals. But this did not happen in Australia and South America. Scientists believe that once Australia was connected to Southeast Asia by a chain of islands or an isthmus, and marsupials spread across Australia at a time when highly developed placental mammals had not yet appeared there. They had no rivals, and therefore they felt great and developed.

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