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Many Russians think that Catherine II sold Alaska to the USA, but this is not so. The transition of the territory of Alaska was completed under Alexander II.

If a Hawaiian woman puts a flower behind her left ear, then she is married. If for the right, then it is available for courtship of men.
Not all people, as is commonly believed, kiss with their eyes closed, about 60%. The rest love to watch the reaction of the partner.
The most ancient mountains are on the territory of Russia and are called the Ural Mountains, which amaze with their picturesqueness.
The most unusual school is located in Cambodia, it is located in the middle of the river and is called Compong Luong. It is noteworthy that the children swim to her in the basins.
On the territory of the DPRK, there is the largest prison for political prisoners, more than 50 thousand people sit almost for life in camp No. 22.
Light-eyed people better distinguish the color palette than those who have brown eyes. Everything is explained by the pigmentation of the iris, which in blue-eyed people is more sensitive to light.

In the Altai Territory in Russia, there is an amazing place in which you can not be more than 20 minutes. This is the famous "Death Valley", the volcanic evaporation of which kills all life in literally half an hour.
The most radioactive place in Russia is Karachay Lake. Fifteen minutes of being on the lake is enough to get exposure to 600 x-rays, which is considered deadly.
The most expensive potato in the world costs more than 500 euros per kilogram. It is called “La Bonnote” and is grown on the French island of Nurmuaitie in the Atlantic Ocean. Connoisseurs of this potato claim its excellent taste.
Petite Jyoti Amge is considered the smallest girl in the world. Her height is only 62 centimeters, the baby lives in the Indian city of Nagpur.
The most expensive and valuable mushroom in the world is called black truffle, the price of a large copy can reach up to seven thousand euros. Not every ordinary layman can afford such a treat.
The dirtiest city on the planet is Russian Karabash. For almost a century-long history of the work of the local smelter, the whole nature of Karabash has become more like Martian. Acid rains occur in this place, and the rivers have an unnatural color due to iron oxides.
The real cold pole is the Russian city of Verkhoyansk. It was there that the lowest ever temperatures were recorded with a minus sign on the planet in those places where people live.
Most people on earth in the eyelashes live mites demoteksa, under the magnification of a microscope, these are real monsters!
Whatever date you have, you are celebrated with twenty million people around the world at the same time.
The longest reality show in the world is Dom-2. It has been going on for more than ten years, and it is obvious that the television set will become the second "Santa Barbara".
When a man watches porn, he pays attention to the face of the actress. And women, on the contrary, examine the genitals.
People with blue eyes see better in the dark. It is believed that less and less blue-eyed children are born each time in the world.
In the west, China is drinking salty tea. The tradition is deeply rooted in the past, and instead of sugar, salt is placed in hot tea.
Russia is not only the largest country in the world in terms of territory, it is also the only state that is washed by 12 seas.
The most common name on the planet is Muhammad, and the surname is Lee. Among Russian surnames, the surname Kuznetsov is widespread.
During flights, a marabou stork can fall asleep and soar in the air for ten minutes.
Cleaner fish is a hermaphrodite. A female can degenerate into a male and fertilize offspring.
The only animals in the world having a rectangular elongated pupil are goats, sheep and octopuses.
All people with blue eyes are potential relatives, since the blue color is a mutation of the HERC 2 gene.On the planet, people with this eye color appeared about 10 thousand years ago.
Substances in mosquito repellents do not repel insects, but mask a person. As a result, special receptors are blocked, and the mosquito simply does not “feel” its prey.
After forty years, people begin to grow down. A person decreases with age by about one centimeter. This happens due to the drying of the cartilage in the joints.
The most terrible and unusual road in the world is called "The Road to Nowhere." This is a stretch of track in fifteen kilometers in New Mexico, which ends in an absolute dead end. There are not very good rumors among locals about this expensive one.
Venus is the only planet in the solar system that rotates counterclockwise. Why is this happening? Scientists give this phenomenon a variety of explanations, but the most obvious is the dense atmosphere of the planet.
In the nineteenth century, Horace Fletcher proposed a diet called Fletcherism. The bottom line was to chew food at least 30 times and then spit it out. It was assumed that the stomach is saturated, and the person is not gaining weight.
The worst slums in the world are located in Kenya, right in the capital of Nairobi. More than twenty million people live in a world where there is no light, water, sewage, schools and hospitals.
The largest meteorite that fell to the ground is considered to be the Goba meteorite, which reaches almost three meters in length. A celestial body was discovered in Namibia. It weighs over 60 tons and is 90 percent iron.
The ancient representatives of snakes had legs. Scientists suggested that more than 130 million years ago, snakes had limbs that allowed them to move quite quickly.
Hong Kong is recognized as the largest and most populous metropolis on the planet. The city is home to more than thirty-five million people.
Why wear wedding rings on the ring finger? The tradition went from Ancient Greece, where it was believed that through the ring finger passes the “vein of love”, going straight to the heart.
In the crypt of Bob Marley lies his guitar, the Bible, a soccer ball and a bundle of marijuana.
The human thigh inspired Eiffel to create the famous Parisian tower.
Spirits were invented in the 16th century in order to remove stench from unwashed bodies. In Europe, people have not bathed all their lives!
To keep fit, a person must take at least ten thousand steps in a day.
Americans have the most healthy teeth; approximately forty percent of US citizens have never experienced tooth decay.
Every three seconds, one child is born on earth, and every 5 seconds someone dies.
Over a lifetime, an average person eats 30 tons of food, if you imagine this in bulk, then the weight of all the food eaten for life is equal to the weight of 8 elephants.
Most billionaires do not live in the United Arab Emirates, but in Moscow. But still, the most expensive city in the world is not Moscow, but Hong Kong.
About a hundred people simultaneously saw the mythical creature of a Moffman or a human moth during the collapse of a bridge in Jersey in the late 60s.
American Charles Osborne hiccuped for 65 years without stopping. Nothing helped the poor man.
Russia and the United States are separated by only four kilometers. Do not believe? Find Chukotka on the map and measure the distance from the Chukotka Territory to Alaska.
Bolivia has the most dangerous road in the world, its length is 70 kilometers. Drivers ride in a narrow rut without chippers over an abyss of three thousand meters!
There are a lot of transvestites living in Thailand. The country's authorities have come to the point that there are schools in the cities of Thailand where young transvestites study, in ordinary schools there is a special toilet for such children.
We often hear offscreen laughter in soap operas, but few people know that for many years the same 1950 recording has been duplicated. Many of these people are no longer alive.
Napoleon Bonaparte has always been considered a stunted man. But during the 18-19 centuries, people were not distinguished by height.Napoleon's height was 170 centimeters, and he was even considered above average at that time.
On the planet Uranus there is no such offseason as on Earth. There is constantly winter replaces summer. Winter or summer lasts exactly forty-two earthly years.
Pluto has long been considered one of the planets of the solar system. This unusual celestial object was discovered in 1930, and the name was given to it by 11 girl Venice Burnie from Old England.
There is an amazing underground city on our planet. It is located in Australia and is called Coober Pedy. Precious opals are mined there, and local residents live in apartments caved in literally caves.
According to statistics, a person kisses for about three years of his life. By the way, in some states, a French kiss is still considered extremely indecent and is equivalent to a kiss in the genitals.
The smallest breed of dog is the Chihuahua. Usually these dogs do not weigh more than two kilograms.
In one bee hive, up to 100 thousand bees live, the queen bee lays more than a thousand eggs per day and lives on average two years. When the uterus dies, the bees leave their hive.
Most Xeroxes in the world break down after people try to “Xerox” their fifth point.
The most sold houses are painted yellow. Less buying activity in white houses.
The famous yoyo toy used to be used in the Philippines as a weapon against enemies.
Bolivia is the only country in the world where there is a navy but no access to the sea and ocean.
Everest is not the highest mountain in the world; there is a higher peak. It is called Mauna Kea, its height is ten thousand meters and it is located in the Hawaiian Islands.
The largest car in the world is the Ford F 650. Such a colossus weighs as much as twelve tons!
Half an hour listening to music with headphones increases the number of bacteria in the ear canal by 700 times!
The only animals that can laugh are ordinary rats. Moreover, all other animals in the world are deprived of this due to the lack of facial expressions.
Love is not a hindrance to marriage. The biggest age difference was recorded in Malaysia. The groom was 105 years old, and the young bride was only 22 years old.
Once Pablo Escobar was very cold, hiding from the police. To keep warm, he threw packs of money into the fire, as a result, two million US dollars flew into the fire.
Every minute, mobile operators earn almost a million dollars on SMS.
In India, a man must marry the daughter of his older sister. According to Indian canons, this is not considered incest.
Ancient noble Egyptians kept crocodiles as domestic cats, and even bought them jewelry made of gold and precious stones.
The tallest man on earth lives in Turkey. His name is Sultan Kosen, and his height reaches as much as two and a half meters. Such a giant is visible a mile away, and in Turkey the Sultan is a local celebrity, who is often invited to TV shows.
The deepest hole in the ocean is Dean's blue hole. According to scientists, its depth is more than two hundred meters. Divers and ordinary travelers love this place. It is very picturesque.
DPRK is the most closed country in the world. She terrifies a simple layman with her strict orders. For example, on every street in Pyongyang there are loudspeakers that at seven in the morning burst with a howl of sirens, signaling that people should go to work.
Amancio Ortega is recognized as the richest man in Europe, he owns such companies as Pull and Bear, Bershka, Zara. At the same time, Amancio Ortega leads a rather closed lifestyle and does not at all look like a rich man.
A child under the age of five can learn several foreign languages. Children at a young age perfectly remember words and foreign expressions, and this knowledge is preserved by a person almost until old age.
The most poisonous fish in the world of puffer, has the poison tetrotoxin, which kills an adult in almost a few minutes. The poison is in the insides, skin, gills and eyes of the puffer.
In ancient Japan, there was a cult of miniature female legs. Therefore, girls from wealthy families literally from birth were tightly bandaged with their feet so that the bones practically did not grow. Such feet were compared with a lotus, and the smaller the leg, the more noble the bride was.
Color blindness is a rather unpleasant phenomenon. Most color blind people live in Europe, namely in the Czech Republic. Scientists noted that there are no color blind people in Fiji and in a number of other island settlements.
Are you often annoyed that you did not have time to cross the road at a traffic signal? Scientists have found that the average person living in the city spends three weeks in front of a traffic light.
The weight of our planet is not constant. The most amazing thing is that the earth annually adds about fifty tons in weight and dumps about a hundred tons. Scientists have not yet found an explanation for this phenomenon.
Have you ever wondered why the rabbit is the symbol of Playboy? The logo was created and developed by Arutor Paul back in 1953, as a fun sketch and a kind of comic cartoon. It was thanks to this sketch that the layout of the first Playboy magazine in 1954 was created.
Scientists have created bacon and ham flavored seaweed. They contain a huge amount of vitamins and minerals necessary for our body. The main objective of the invention, the fight against hunger in several African countries. Algae are inexpensive and can have a wide variety of tastes.
The most environmentally friendly city is located in Switzerland. Zermatt is forbidden to drive in cars, as they pollute the atmosphere. Horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles or electric vehicle rides are allowed.
The largest dinosaur was found in Argentina. His height was 32 meters, and the giant weighed an estimated 80 tons.
The largest dog in the world is a cute dog named Gibson. If Gibson gets up on his hind legs, then his height is two meters!
Every three seconds, people claim to have seen a UFO, but as a rule, this is a common optical illusion. Of course, there were massive UFO sightings, but there was always a rational explanation for unidentified objects in the sky.
Jellyfish, which kills with one touch, lives in Australia. Its poison is a hundred times more dangerous than the poison of a cobra. This baby weighs just a couple grams!
The largest star in the visible universe is Betelgeuse. It is located from our planet at a distance of more than six hundred million light years. If you compare it with the sun, then the sun is a poppy seed, and Betelgeuse is an orange. By the way, in the next 3 thousand years, the star will explode, and the glow from its explosion can be observed with the naked eye from the earth.
Robots are developed not only for human needs in the field of science. Robotics is gradually entering everyday life. By 2070, scientists are planning the invention of robots that can replace humans. Lonely people will have a chance to acquire their soul mate, robots will be able to express their feelings and even have sex.
The city that has the longest name in the world is Bangkok. The capital of Thailand is Thai, “Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit”. It is amazing that this fanciful name must know by heart every dance.
A lightning strike can incinerate a person in literally seconds. But the American Roy Cleveland is not in vain called "a man by a lightning rod." Throughout his life, he survived seven lightning strikes and remained alive. Roy is even listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
The deepest metro in the world is located not in New York, but in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. It's all about rocks, during the construction of the subway had to do tunnels at a depth of eighty meters.
The highest Christmas tree was installed in Russia in 2013. The green beauty was placed on Poklonnaya Hill, and the height of the Christmas tree reached 50 meters in height. Until the record of the highest Christmas tree is broken.
Mankind is littering simply on a massive scale.The largest and most impressive landfill is in the Pacific Ocean. Directly in the middle of the ocean is a multi-kilometer dump of plastic, technical waste, fuel oil and oil.
In the Middle Ages, there were rather strange rules of beauty for women. To achieve whiteness, ladies used lead powder, freckles were removed with sulfur, and teeth were brushed with arsenic paste.
American scientists have found that the best relaxation in the world is considered the contemplation of aquarium fish. Especially for visitors in one of the New York parks, a 550 liter aquarium with multi-colored lighting was created.

Russia is considered the largest country in the world by territory. For a fairly long time, Russia ranked third in the honorary list of empires. The area of the Russian state is more than seventeen square million kilometers!
The crocodile is an amazing creature. Although the Nile crocodile breathes lightly, it can hold its breath under water for about two hours.
The worst disease that claimed the lives of almost half of the world's population is not the bubonic plague or the famous Spanish woman. This is malaria, which causes a malaria mosquito. In some parts of the planet, malaria is still rampant.