|
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese
English
French
German
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Malay
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese|
AT LEISURE
To help the erudite. Database on the history, geography, biology, science, technology, sport, culture, traditions of the peoples of the world. According to the materials of the press and the Internet.
By agreement with scientists from the University of California, who wished to find out what damage rats can cause, water from Los Angeles department stores, rodents were given complete freedom of action. In two months, the rats destroyed or rendered useless 1300 bags of salt, 1724 bags of coffee, 14 tons of flour and about 200 tons of sugar. According to American historian Davin Case, 100000 people have died in the past three years as a result of global warming. The population of Russia for the first seven months of 2000 decreased by 471200 people, or 0,3%, and amounted to 1 million people by August 145 of this year. In old England, pubs in pubs served special ceramic beer mugs to regular customers, the handles of which were whistles. After drinking beer, the visitor had the opportunity, without tearing his throat (it was always noisy from conversations in English pubs), to quickly ask for a beer supplement by whistling into the handle of a mug. The bartender immediately hurried with a new portion of beer. (Yura Shilin) today there are about 400 million cats in the world (1 cat for 14 people). Brazil ranks first in terms of the number of cats, there are 100 million of them. On average, a Brazilian family of three has two cats. In the UK, there is one cat for five people, in the USA - one cat for six people. (Knowledge is power No8, 2000) A bar of gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a plate the size of a tennis court. Dromophobia is the fear of crossing the road. John F. Kennedy was the first American president born in the twentieth century. 85 percent of people killed by lightning are men. A guillotine-like device was first used in Ireland in 1307. In Third World countries, debt crises kill seven million children each year. The largest snowflakes were recorded during a snowfall over Saxony on December 4, 1892. Their diameter reached 12 centimeters. The Northern English city of Halifax is called the Pub Capital. There is one pub for every 331 inhabitants - double the UK average. The largest crater is the Toba volcano, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The throat area of this crater is 1725 square kilometers. The word Maecenas comes from an ancient Roman rider named Gaius Cylnius Maecenas who lived at the turn of the era and was a friend of Emperor Augustus. The philanthropist became famous for the patronage of poets, artists, artists and sponsoring them. (Mashkov. History of the Ancient World) An ancient legend says that the Greek priest and poet Epimenides managed to extend his life to 300 years. It is also claimed that the Chinese Li Cunyong smoked the sky for 254 years (1680-1934). During this time he survived 23 wives. Twenty-fourth became his widow. In the USSR, for a long time, the record of Shirali Muslimov from the Azerbaijani village of Barvazu was promoted, who allegedly lived for 168 years - from 1805 to 1973 (2000 - journal of the new millennium) Without women, the beginning of our life would be devoid of support, the middle of pleasure, and the end of consolation. (METEOR, meteor.da.ru/ ) Namibian Interior Minister Gerry Ekanjo. speaking on the pages of the government newspaper, he called on the country's women not to marry foreigners, who, in his opinion, introduce a reactionary element into the life of the state. 80-year-old German inventor Karl Ernst Wiegand, the creator of a series of talking (and singing) condoms, has thrown his new product on the market - a condom that speaks with the voice of US President Bill Clinton. (Bunt September 2000) Reebok has released a sneaker called the Smart Move, designed by a NASA employee. They give the runner information about the distance covered, the average speed and speed that he is showing at the moment, as well as the number of calories burned. Emerald is a beryllium aluminum silicate and contains oxygen. The body of William the Conqueror is buried in three places: the insides in Chalu, the body in Cannes, and the heart in Rouen Cathedral. The Roman Emperor Charles V also has three tombs; and his famous constable Bertrand du Guesclin even has four - for the flesh, for the heart, for the insides and for the skeleton. (Wonders and Adventures No7 2000) Egypt recently repealed a 1956 law allowing the prison administration to flog prisoners for violating internal order. At the insistence of the Danish representatives of the oldest profession, breast augmentation surgery, which is resorted to by many priestesses of love, is classified as a production expense, which provides tax benefits to the corresponding category of persons. The first box of matches, which went on sale in Italy in 1833, cost a gold ducat. Karma is a complex concept, moreover, it has many meanings. The word itself comes from the Sanskrit Cree, to do. Karma is what is created by action (and destroyed by action) - psychological, mental, physical, namely: desire, intention, thought, deed. Karma is the totality and result of all our activities. Martynov A.V. Confessional path. M., 1992. According to the ancient Greeks, the liver was the seat of all passions, love, and vitality. Myths in art old and new. Moscow, 1993. According to the ancient Chinese, the gallbladder is the seat of courage. Zabludovsky. History of medicine. Moscow, 1981. In the 16th century, the writer Weyer claimed that there were 44 devils. And, according to Kabbalists, a person is constantly surrounded by 635 devils - 569 on the right and 11000 on the left. Nagorny G.P. As the ancestors believed. M., 1000. Fly - a square, stepped recess in the wall, in the old days it was used as a decorative element. Stone Tales. Yaroslavl, 1972. Fly - a canvas scarf with which women tie their heads. Previously, at a wedding, the bride gave away as gifts the fly of her work, embroidered or with lace. V. I. Dal. Explanatory dictionary of the living Great Russian language. Soon after the appearance of V.Ch.K. the people began to decipher this name as follows: To Every Man Kaput. One of Inessa Armand's aliases is Blonina. It comes from the Polish - blon, which means meadow. In Smolny, Lenin worked in an office with a signboard Classy lady. Krupskaya N. K. About Vladimir Ilyich. M., 1970. The word tornado, denoting a tornado of gigantic destructive power, comes from a distorted Spanish word tronada, that is, a thunderstorm. The most destructive tornado known to mankind swept through the United States on March 18, 1925. This terrible whirlwind passed 352 kilometers with a width of 1-1,5 kilometers. 689 people died and 1980 were injured. In general, about a thousand - one and a half thousand tornadoes occur on Earth per year (except for tornadoes, they are also called twisters), and at least half of them occur in the United States. In the United States alone, about 100 people die in tornadoes every year - however, this cannot be compared, for example, with the number of victims on highways. According to experts, the wind speed inside the tornado can reach 200-250 meters per second. For comparison, the speed of a person falling in the air does not exceed 56 meters per second. There are cases when strong tornadoes threw animal corpses onto trees, wrapped aluminum boats around trees like foil, and at the same time carried a sideboard with dishes from one place to another without breaking a single cup (!). Strong winds can carry objects over long distances. There are cases when tornadoes carried fish and frogs from rivers, coins from buried treasures, etc. For example, Hurricane Gazelle in 1954 carried coconuts and large shells from the island of Haiti to the US coast for a distance of 1500 km. The so-called colored rains also owe their origin to the winds that lift tons of red dust into the air, for example in the Sahara, and shed it like a red rain somewhere in Europe. One of these red rains, which fell near Bolzano in the early 20th century, forced the retreat of the Italian army, which was resting during a halt during the offensive, as the sky seemed to bleed in protest against the offensive. Tropical cyclones have a peculiar eye, this is their center, the sky is clear here, while the wind roars and whistles around. But the ocean in this place is very dangerous. Here, in the center of the hurricane, huge waves rush from all sides. Already in the ancient chronicles of China, they wrote about magnetic gates that did not let armed people through, although modern science casts doubt on this fact. Natural magnets have limited capabilities compared to electromagnets. Similarities of a modern compass were used on ancient caravan routes. People confidently moved towards their goal thanks to a small strip of magnetized iron floating on a cork in water, in an earthen vessel. The sides of the guide vessel were painted in different colors. Red meant south, black meant north, and the other two, white and green, showed west and east. The presence of a magnetic field near the Earth was discovered by the English physician W. Gilbert, who studied magnetic and electrical phenomena. His decisive experience was simple and elegant. He carved a miniature likeness of our planet from a piece of magnetic ore, placed a small compass on this model. The compass needle behaved as usual - one end pointed north, the other south. There could be only one conclusion: the Earth itself is a huge magnet. When we magnetize iron, poles opposite to the magnet appear in it: opposite the north pole, the south pole always appears. And with bismuth or gold, the opposite is true - at the north pole of the magnet, a north pole appears, and at the south - south. That is why diamagnets repel metal. According to legend, the founder of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad, was buried in an iron coffin. The legend claims that it hangs in the air, for the earth is unworthy to hold on itself such a holy person as was the messenger of Allah, who brought the new religion to the Arabs. According to scientists, the legend is associated with a magnet built into the roof of the tomb, which keeps the iron coffin in a floating state. More precisely, the force of magnetic attraction here should be such that it is enough to lift the coffin above the floor, and not enough to pull the iron box to the ceiling, in which the magnet is hidden. Magnetism is used to search for criminals in fingerprinting. A small magnet is used, the pole of which, before identifying the traces, is lowered into iron filings and then, as it were, they paint the surface under study with them: the smallest metal filings attracted to the pole stick to the criminal's fingerprints and their trace becomes sufficiently contrasting for fingerprint research. Electromagnetism was discovered quite by accident by professor of physics H.K. Oersted during a lecture on the thermal effect of electric current. Next to the wire, which was heated by current, was a magnet. As soon as the current was turned on, the arrow sharply deviated to the side. Thus, the long-sought connection between magnetism and electricity was discovered. Already 5 years after Oersted's discovery, in 1825, a small electromagnet weighing 200 grams was created, which held a load 18 times heavier. After 15 years, an electromagnet was created that lifted 550 kg. And in the twentieth century, electromagnets appeared that could hold tens of tons of cargo. Insects are highly sensitive to magnetic fields. For example, in a termite mound, insects are located across the magnetic lines. At the beginning of the flight, beetles, bees and other flying insects prefer the north-south or west-east direction. Also, mollusks, worms and even algae are well oriented in the earth's field. Many magnetic phenomena have not yet received their theoretical explanation. For example, when exposed to a magnetic field on industrial paints, the color of fabrics becomes brighter. When using magnetized water in the process of ore beneficiation, the efficiency increases by 50%. When magnets are installed in oil wells, salt deposits are sharply reduced in pipes. Placerville, California is hosting the World Cup Throwing Toilet. The name Aletius comes from the Greek word for miller. Taumatavhaka-tapgihangakoauota-mateaturipukakapika-maungahoronukupoka-ivhenuakitanatahu is an 83-letter word that is the name of a XNUMX-meter high mountain in New Zealand. In translation, the name means Mountain, where the great Tanya, pleasing to the sky, played mourning music on his flute in order to rise to his beloved. In 1907, some St. Petersburg citizens Sterligov and Orlansky-Titarenko invented the button accordion. Ancient Persian recipe: It is necessary to take a fiery man with hair and freckles on his cheeks, feed him before he turns 30 years old, then take him and lower him into a stone vessel filled with honey and herbs, seal the vessel and store it for 120 years. Then, drinking the liquid, you will gain eternal life. The manual for the production of barrels says: The first operation is bucking the ridge into tyulki, splitting tyulki into gnatins according to the scheme of single-row and double-row riveting. The analogue of football among the Eskimos is the game Aksektuk. In this game, the gates are 16 km apart from each other. The ball is made of walrus skins. They play with the whole village. The match lasts 3 days, from morning to night. In the Waguka tribe, a person bends down, takes a handful of earth with his right hand, throws part of it into his left and rubs with the same hand the right side of the stomach and the right hand above the elbow, meanwhile the right hand makes the same movements on the left side of the body. And we just shake hands. In Brazil, there is a belief: whoever touches a yururu - a frog the size of a chicken - will lose the love of his wife. The name of the sandstorm - simum - means poisonous, poisoned. Samums are very large in size and strength. In history, there is a case when the fifty thousandth army of the Persian king Cambyses, marching to conquer Egypt, died in the sands during a storm. The reason for the formation of sandstorms is as follows: hot sands strongly heat the air near the surface of the earth. As a result, it rises, and in its place streams of colder dense air rush at very high speeds. This is how small local cyclones are formed, giving rise to sandstorms. The phenomena of moaning, talking, singing stones are also caused by temperature changes. Usually such stones have a very porous structure and in the evenings, when the air is already cooling, and the rocks still store the heat accumulated during the day, warm air rushes out of the cracks, making a sound resembling a groan. Not only individual stones sing, but entire mountains. For example, Mount Reg Rawan near Kabul, covered with a layer of white sandstone. When several people get off it, sounds resembling a drum beat are heard. Or Mount Jebal-Nakug on the shores of the Red Sea. When a person climbs to its top, the sand seems to groan underfoot. Even just large accumulations of sand can make sounds. For example, the singing sands on the shallows of the Kola Peninsula, on the Riga coast, in the valleys of the Vilyui and Lena rivers, on Baikal. Sometimes these sands make the most unexpected sounds. Now, under the feet of a walking person, something like the barking of dogs is heard, then the ringing of a stretched string, or even the roar of aircraft engines. Many peoples have various legends about the mysterious sound of the sands. They tell that beautiful sirens are singing, which lure sailors to destroy them on the rocks, or that these are cities covered by the sands, or evil spirits imprisoned underground. The sound of sands, stones and mountains often arouses unreasonable very strong fear in witnesses. Scientists believe that when the sands sound, in addition to audible sound waves, they also emit infrasound waves, which give rise to such emotions in people. Also, infrasounds can cause severe fatigue, and even seasickness with dizziness and nausea. This action of infrasound is manifested when the frequency of the wave coincides with the so-called alpha rhythm of the brain. The so-called sound beacons were used in the Kazakh villages. These were special pipes with holes, they whistled in the wind, which helped the shepherds and hunters to navigate the steppe. In the Central Asian steppes and deserts there are real forest jungles, which, due to impassability, can compete with the jungles of the tropics. They are called tugai and consist mostly of saxaul. Impenetrable thickets can stretch for many kilometers, but sometimes there are open glades among them, overgrown with amazing local grass - eriactus, reaching a height of two human heights. For 70 years (with some interruptions), Woodburn, Oregon farmer Paul Jodston solicited the hand of his lady, Lula Marshall, before his matrimonial proposal was accepted, and finally, the 95-year-old groom and 94-year-old bride exchanged engagement rings. I was so surprised that he was still alive that out of surprise I agreed, - the newly-minted Mrs. Johnston explained to reporters. In 1649 Massachusetts, one of the original 13 colonies founded in 1620 by Plymouth Pilgrims and made a state in 1788, passed a law that children could be sentenced to death for disobeying their parents. Historical archive, October, 2000 57% of people in the Netherlands believe that they are sick with various serious diseases, without any objective reason for this The famous leaning tower in the Italian city of Pisa, as a result of measures taken in recent years to strengthen it, has straightened out by 24 centimeters. After the tower straightens another 16 cm, it will reopen to visitors. According to the National Institute of Statistics of France, 54% of the French, sitting in front of the TV, fall asleep during the programs. In 1846, the American artist John Banward completed his painting Panorama of the Mississippi. The total length of the giant canvas reached 457 meters. This largest painting in the world burned down in 1898 during a fire in New York. 10% of British air travelers have their baggage temporarily or permanently lost. Most often this happens in Egypt. The legs of a black woman, who is the same height as a white woman, will be three centimeters longer. In addition, black women have longer hips. Rice, corn, wheat, and potatoes account for 50% of all calories contained in food consumed by humans. Christianity remains the most widespread religion in the world with 1 adherents. More than half of them (999) are Catholics. The Muslim faith is practiced by 566 people. Composer Anton Grigorievich Rubinstein dedicated the ballet The Vine to grapes. It tells about the fight against the terrible grape pest phylloxera. This very phylloxera is finally conquered by the allegorical figure of Science.
A New Way to Control and Manipulate Optical Signals
05.05.2024 Primium Seneca keyboard
05.05.2024 The world's tallest astronomical observatory opened
04.05.2024
▪ The smallest magnifying glass sees bonds between atoms ▪ Raising a dog is like raising a child.
▪ site section Welding equipment. Article selection ▪ article by Albert Camus. Famous aphorisms ▪ How did Niagara Falls come about? Detailed answer ▪ Derez's article is ordinary. Legends, cultivation, methods of application ▪ article Welding equipment. Directory ▪ article Focus with cubes and matches. Focus Secret
Home page | Library | Articles | Website map | Site Reviews
www.diagram.com.ua |
Latest news of science and technology, new electronics:
All languages of this page