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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.
Hannibal, who won a number of brilliant victories over Rome, achieved them largely thanks to well-organized reconnaissance, and he himself did not shy away from this profession and from time to time personally penetrated the Roman camp, transforming himself with the help of a wig and a false beard. ord.boom.ru/ 5 .htm During the times of developed socialism, the price of a product was practically used as its designation. Every child knew the most popular varieties of vodka 1.49 (chekushka) and 2.87 (half a liter). A surprising surprise for everyone was the discovery that the first number raised to the power of the second gives the number pi. vicom.ru/ ~creatics/intellectual/svedenia .htm I. S. Turgenev considered himself an enemy of serfdom. He vowed never to reconcile with him. And he called this oath Hannibal's. By analogy with the oath of the Carthaginian commander Hannibal, who swore at the age of ten to be an enemy of Rome, conquered Carthage and made it his colony. Previously it was said: And whoever the priest or deacon honors, and does not fasten all the fasteners, will be cursed. This meant special fasteners that were sewn to the binding to better protect the book. In France, after sunset, the police had no right to enter a private house to arrest a debtor. It appeared at the beginning of the second millennium BC. In Italy and the Scandinavian Peninsula, this was a piece of bronze wire, both ends of which were connected by a cord. And today it is an ordinary pin. Even in ancient times, residents of the mountainous regions of Tajikistan knew a simple recipe for how to speed up the melting of snow and ice in the mountains. To do this, you need to dust their surface with earth, soot, ash, and coal powder. It has long been noted that glaciers lose a lot of weight when they are covered with volcanic ash. After volcanic eruptions, catastrophic floods are common. Icebergs often amaze those who observe them with their variety of shapes and great size. Sometimes floating ice mountains resemble medieval castles or watchtowers in their outlines. In 1904, the ship Zenith encountered a pyramidal iceberg 450 meters high near the Falkland Islands. There are also table-shaped icebergs - their tops look like large flat fields. In 1854, sailors more than once encountered a table-shaped iceberg 120 kilometers long and 90 meters high. It was calculated that its volume reached 500 cubic kilometers. The secret of the destructive power of avalanches lies not only in their high speed and enormous mass, but also in the fact that a snow bank drives an air wave in front of it, and an air ram is more dangerous than the impact of a snow mass - it overturns houses, breaks trees, concusses and suffocates of people. Essentially, such a wave of air is not much different from the one generated by the explosion of a large bomb. In 1883, shock waves generated by the explosion of the Krakatoa volcano circled the globe three times. The roar of Krakatoa could be heard thousands of kilometers away. A wave of water, raised by an underground explosion, swept across the entire Pacific Ocean, reached the shores of America and Africa, circled the Cape of Good Hope and reached the shores of England and France! A wave 30-40 meters high hit the shores of the strait, sweeping away villages and forests in its path, flattening the hills. It claimed more than 36 lives. After this volcanic explosion, a mass of dust accumulated in the atmosphere. She began to move west. A month later, a dust cloud circled the globe, and after another sixty days, the entire earth's atmosphere was practically saturated with ash particles, which caused twilight, as well as red dawns, which were observed in Europe for several years. Even the fattest sumo wrestler can easily do the splits - both longitudinal and transverse. The judge's rank can be determined by his clothing and also by the color of the tassel on his fan. Purple or purple-white is the highest rank; black or blue is for lower ranks. Up to 40 kg of salt gets into the ring per day. Moreover, everyone does it in their own way, although there are some generally accepted, established styles. Some try to throw the salt unnoticed, others try to throw it backhand and as high as possible. Some lightly toss a handful of salt, while others throw it to the ground with all their might. Many throw in full handfuls, although there are many who use only a pinch. What is common to almost everyone is that 99% throw salt with their right hand. According to Shinto tradition, salt wards off evil spirits and has cleansing powers. The wrestler Konishki, a Jamaican by birth, won the Japanese championship twice, but did not receive the right to bear the title of champion. As a reward, he was allowed to sign with his Japanese pseudonym, but only in Latin letters, not hieroglyphs. Otherwise - disqualification. Wrestlers symbolically cleanse their minds and bodies by rinsing their mouths with juda, the source of purity, and drying themselves with a towel. Having reached the starting position, the fighters perform a ceremony of shaking off the dust. By folding their palms and then spreading them apart, they imitate the movement of wiping their hands on straw. The fight is immediately preceded by psychological struggle, shikiri. Clenching their hands into fists and bending slightly forward, the wrestlers slowly converge and stop at a distance of 6-10 centimeters from each other. At the same time, they glare at each other, trying to mentally destroy the enemy. In the Middle Ages, when shikiri was not limited in time, it happened that one of the partners gave in to the menacing gaze and gave up without a fight. For the first time, a limit of up to 10 minutes was introduced only in 1928. Then the time of shikiri was reduced to seven minutes, and in 1950 - to 2-4 minutes. The strongest opponent in sumo is yourself, the young wrestler Takanohana (Noble Flower) likes to repeat. - To withstand such powerful psychological pressure every day is the most difficult thing in this sport. Judges of the highest category have the right to wear tabi socks and geta straw sandals. The rest of the judges perform barefoot. Saint Bernard is one of the largest dogs. His weight is approximately 80 kg, but his character is docile and meek. Back in the 12th century, St. Bernards were bred by the monks of the monastery of St. Bernard, located on one of the Alpine passes. They used these dogs to search for those caught in a snowfall or avalanche. Often a small barrel of liquor (or rum) was attached to the collar of St. Bernards so that the rescued person could warm up. A monument was erected to the most famous St. Bernard Barry - in 40 years he saved the lives of XNUMX people. The cheetah is an elegant member of the cat family. He is the only representative of his family whose claws do not retract. Although this beast is very fast, it cannot run for long. Therefore, he gives up the chase if he fails to grab the prey right away and prefers to rest before a new attempt. Having chosen a victim, the cheetah pursues it, even if other, more appetizing prey is encountered on the way. The sword-beak hummingbird, when fluttering, makes more than 50 wing beats per second. This bird can freeze motionless in the air or fly at speeds of up to 100 km per hour. The beak is very long and straight, whereas in other hummingbirds it is curved. Monkfish is an amazing predatory fish. She lures her prey by shaking her antenna in front of her mouth, at the end of which there is a growth similar to a delicious worm. Amateur sculptor from India Palash Gomez presented his works at an exhibition in Manchester. All of them turned out to be dedicated to the author’s long-standing hobby - cinema. Since childhood, Pelash has been a fan of martial arts and actor Bruce Lee. To capture the scene from the film with the participation of his idol, Pelash had to try hard, because he sculpted all the figures from lard! Opposite the town hall on the second floor level is a statue of a man with his pants down. This is the Callendresser, symbol of the Cologne national character. He was so lazy to go to the toilet that he sent all his needs out of the window. And the fact that the town hall, the house of the city government, was located opposite did not bother him at all. This is such disdain for the authorities. dreamtravel.narod.ru/koln.html The English and Celts call it the hungry month, which is what they say about July. The motto of the Order of St. George is For Service and Bravery, the motto of the Order of St. Vladimir is Benefit, Honor and Glory, but the motto of the Order of the White Eagle is For Faith, the Tsar and the Law. The Indians of South America put the heads of the dead on trees, lit a fire under them and caught drops of fat falling from the heads with their mouths. They hoped in this way to gain the strength and courage of the deceased. At the witches' Sabbaths, Satan baptized new converts with blood and brimstone. All information that can be seen, read or heard is usually called information. The abundance of knowledge has generated a powerful flow of information. And if the volume of knowledge doubles every 50 years, then the volume of information doubles every 10 years, and in 50 years it will increase 32 times. History has known cases of exceptional memory. Thus, King Mithridates of Pontus knew 22 languages. Cardinal Mezzofanti understood 66 languages and could speak 36. Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar knew the names of all their compatriot soldiers, that is, more than 30 thousand names. Mozart had a phenomenal ability to memorize music, who at the age of 14, after listening to four- and five-voice psalms with a ten-voice final choir twice in the Sistine Chapel, later wrote them down from memory. The great chess player Alekhine gave sessions of simultaneous blind play on 32 boards. He spoke 6 languages fluently and, according to Capablanca, remembered by heart all the games played by masters in the last 15-20 years. Artist N.N. Ge was going to paint a picture of Peter I interrogating Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich in Peterhof. Ge visited the back of the palace, where this interrogation had once taken place, carefully examined the situation, returned to his studio and painted a picture, never visiting Peterhof again. Academician Tarle spoke about Napolenoa’s remarkable memory. Once, having been put in the guardhouse for something, he quite by chance found in the room where he was locked, it is unknown how it got there, an old volume of Justinian's collection (according to Roman law). Not only did he read it from cover to cover, but then, almost 15 years later, he astonished famous French jurists at meetings to develop the Napoleonic Code by quoting the Roman Digests by heart. A person can improve his memory by applying special training to it. Back in the XNUMXth century, the German psychologist Ebinhaus advised memorizing lists of meaningless three-letter syllables for the sake of practice. In the thirties, teacher of the history of science and technology P.P. Smirnov-Troyansky received an author's certificate No. 40995 for a machine for selecting and printing words when translating from one language to another..., that is, for the first mechanized dictionary in the history of technology. The machine's vocabulary field contained 80 word roots. Austrian dermatologist Bernhard Anhausen discovered that the smell of beer inhibits the aggressiveness of mosquitoes. He formulated his thoughts as follows: After drinking a mug of beer, sweat appears on the skin, which contains a substance that prevents insects from attacking a person. The Austrian press adds that the author of this discovery is a relative of the owner of a large brewery. mina.ru/beer/interest/?11 When a mosquito bites a person, he experiences a pressure of 1 million kg/sq.cm raybinin.newmail.ru/ krossword/otv .htm Mosquitoes don't like bright yellow. apteka.ru/deti2.php3 Who can tell the difference between a common mosquito and a malaria mosquito? I think many people know how to do this. An ordinary mosquito, when sitting on a wall, holds its body parallel to the wall, while a malaria mosquito sits at an angle, lifting its body up. True, in winter even the malaria mosquito does not flaunt, it sits straight. karelia.ru/ ~kurier/ 23166/ 23166_11 .html In the sixties of the eighteenth century, the Russian Academy of Sciences announced a competition to create a machine capable of pronouncing at least five vowel sounds. In 1779, Christian Kratzenstein, a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, presented to the jury a resonator designed in the image and likeness of the human larynx. test.emusics.ru/ tune.phtml?art=0 Bloopers from the film Pearl Harbor. In one of the scenes, when Kate Beckinsale's character stands in front of the hotel on the evening before Affleck's character sails to England, she tied a scarf around her neck. The camera shows Kate from the back - the scarf is missing, then goes back to the front view - the scarf is back in place. Another notable scene is a close-up of the American flag, which has 50 stars instead of 48, since Hawaii and Alaska were not states until 1959. novosti.online.ru/ art/kino/01/06/06_003 .htm Motel - from English. motorists' hotel, hotel on the highway. To have cuffs is an expression in the 18th century. meant to be afraid. It happened in a student environment, when the owner of large beautiful cuffs could not distinguish himself in a fight, for fear of ruining his beautiful cuffs. There are a huge number of versions about the cause of the extinction of dinosaurs. Here are just a few of them: The reason was flowering plants that appeared at the end of the Jurassic period. With their appearance, the amount of oxygen in the air increased, and this caused increased metabolism in the giant lizards. As a result, they died of starvation. The following assumption was also made: mammals that appeared in the Cretaceous period began to eat dinosaur eggs. Another theory: the death of the lizards was caused by the appearance of a supernova - too large a dose of cosmic rays led to a change in their gametes - germ cells. Based on the results of studies of the Aix basin in 1950, French scientists Dugit and Sivug compiled the following picture of the process of dinosaur reproduction. The female dinosaur did not dig holes; she sat down and laid from one to five eggs, placing them in a row. Then she took a step and laid several more eggs parallel to the first row; moved forward again and laid eggs again. For such gigantic animals they were quite small - each only about the size of a soccer ball. Squids are one of the most unusual sea creatures. The squid has not one, but three hearts. Despite its large size, the squid has no bones at all. Dragged onto land, these animals turn to jelly. The squid's eyes are no less complex than those of humans: they have no equal in size on Earth. For the giant squid, it is something like two soccer balls put together. In addition, these cephalopods have the most extensive nervous system known in the animal kingdom. The white rhinoceros was long considered a myth and was only discovered in 1900. The largest bear population - the Alaskan one - became known only in 1898. Foxes sleep on their own pillow. This is their fluffy tail. Curled up, the fox puts it under his head. The big anteater does the same. Only he also has a tail and a blanket. During sleep, giraffes strongly arch their necks and put their heads back, resting them on the ground or on their rump. Dolphins sleep while moving. They fall asleep for half a minute and are cheerful and cheerful again. The word sophistry comes from the ancient Greek word sophisma - a cunning trick, an invention. Examples of sophisms that became famous in ancient times: What you have not lost, you have; You didn’t lose your horns; that means you have horns. The man sitting stood up; whoever stands up stands; therefore, the one sitting is standing. This dog is yours; he is a father; that means he is your father. altnet.ru/ ~rim/lekcicon/9/F7 .htm Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso was the first to propose using advances in physiology to detect deception. In the 1890s, he began measuring suspects' blood pressure while they were being questioned by police and claimed that he could tell when they were lying. Benussi later suggested that breathing patterns could also provide valuable information about attempts to deceive. He argued that after every question that caused a state of tension, there was a short sigh of relief. One of the most powerful poisons of animal origin is the poison obtained from the skin of the South American cocoa frog. Isolated in a pure state in a laboratory, it is called batrachotoxin. Cobra venom is 50 times weaker than the poison from the skin of the cocoa tree, and the venom of the notorious New Zealand jellyfish is 500 times weaker than it. The largest frog in the world, the goliath, can only be seen in Cameroon. Like many other animals, these amphibians were unknown to science for a long time. They first learned about their existence only at the beginning of the 20th century. These frogs can reach a meter in length; the officially registered maximum weight of a frog is 3 kilograms, but hunters have also talked about much larger amphibians. Goliaths hear well, but they do not have the vocal sac with which frogs croak. Adult frogs feed primarily on insects, young fish, crustaceans, and almost any small animal they can catch. Each sucker of an octopus is capable of holding several kilograms, and in a large octopus up to 2400. Large octopuses are not that rare. In our country they live in the Sea of Japan, Okhotsk, and Bering Seas. Specimens 2-3 meters long and weighing up to 100 kg are caught here. Off the coast of Australia you can find larger specimens - up to 7 meters. And in September 1972, the world press reported that in the Atlantic near the island of Newfoundland, a floating laboratory of scientists had observed an octopus of gigantic size: up to 22 meters long and weighing up to 40 tons. The discharge voltage of an electric stingray reaches 60 volts, which is quite enough to stun an enemy or victim. The South American Atlantic eel is more dangerous. In large specimens, the discharge voltage can reach 800 volts. The eel's body is almost 40% muscle tissue capable of generating electrical energy. In each cell, negatively charged ions are concentrated on the inside, and positively charged on the outside. On July 20, 1982, just over a month after Gala's death, King Juan Carlos awarded Dali the Grand Cross of Charles III. Dal should now be called, at his own request, the Marquis de Dalí de Pubol. This title made it possible to ennoble both his family name and himself. af.spb.ru/ club/dali .htm Pearl fishing was surrounded by a whole ritual. First, the catchers went to the bathhouse and put on clean clothes. Then the priest absolved them of their sins. All this in order to start fishing in a special state of mind. They mined pearls only in clean water, in those places where salmon entered. The northerners believed that pearls were born in the gills of this fish, and then on a fine day it dropped them into open shells at the bottom of the river. pravdasevera.ru/ 2000/08/17/ 2 .shtml
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