In London, pregnant women are allowed to go to the toilet wherever they need to. They can do «it» even in front of Buckingham Palace, and no one will fine them. They can even borrow a policeman's helmet for this purpose.
The lifespan of an Alpine salamander is ten years, and its pregnancy lasts three years — that is, a third of its life. Before the birth of the cubs, the female rushes into the pond, then the eggs are laid in the water. Fully formed larvae immediately tear the egg shells and spread out. But it also happens otherwise: eggs are laid immature, and development continues for several days in the water. Larvae in this case hatch only if the water is clean and rich in oxygen.
Barreleye Fish is a fish that can rotate its eyes in all directions, and since the fish's head is transparent, it can also try to see its brain, if there is one [the black dots above its mouth are not eyes, the eyes are green hemispheres in the head].
Orgasm can be the result of a vast number of influences. And contact with the genitals is not necessary at all. For example, people with spinal injuries often acquire extreme sensitivity in the area located directly above the level of damage. The literature describes an orgasm caused by touching the knee. And the most amazing case is connected with a woman who had an orgasm while... brushing her teeth. She turned to a doctor who tried all methods — from analyzing the composition of toothpastes to stimulating the patient's gums, trying to find the cause of the phenomenon. But in the end I came to the conclusion that it was a complex complex of sensory-motor actions during the process of brushing teeth — it was he who caused such an amazing reaction in a woman. The woman, being deeply religious, explained to herself what was happening by possession of demons. And she stopped brushing her teeth, doing only mouthwash.
Paris is the birthplace of striptease, as the first dance with full nudity occurred during a student party at the Moulin Rouge cabaret. The cabaret was founded in 1889 by Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler. The establishment at the foot of the hill in the Montmartre district opened its doors on October 10. The founders dreamed of creating a place of entertainment with an extravagant interior for the most diverse strata of society. And they succeeded. During the show, drinks were served at the Moulin Rouge and cancan was performed. At times, the audience came out to dance themselves.
For killing a panda in China, the death penalty is applied. The big panda is a vulnerable species. Until 2016, it was considered an endangered species, characterized by an ever-decreasing population size and a low birth rate, both in the wild and in captivity. Scientists suggest that there are about 2060 individuals left in the wild. Currently, China offers pandas to other countries on a 10-year lease. The standard lease terms include a rent of 1 million US dollars per year and the provision of guarantees that all cubs born during the lease period are the property of the People's Republic of China.
Throughout the entire time of writing the «Inspector General» Gogol often wrote to Pushkin about his work, told him what stage it was at, and also repeatedly informed him that he wanted to quit it. However, Pushkin forbade him to do this, so the «Inspector» was still completed. By the way, Pushkin, who was present at the first reading of the play, was completely delighted with it.
Under the ice cover of Antarctica is a vast area of about 13.7 million square kilometers, where there is no visibility and consistently low temperatures are observed. Due to unfavorable conditions, it is not possible to fully explore it. However, during the research of the British Antarctic Survey, it was discovered that life under Antarctica is very mysterious. Previously, it was known that species known to us live there — for example, fish, worms and some types of crustaceans — all of them are mobile predators or scavengers. This time, scientists have discovered several species of organisms that require a constant flow of food from above and sunlight to survive. Researchers have no idea how and why they live there, whether it makes evolutionary sense. Moreover, many of the species discovered in the course of research were not familiar to science.
In Russia, where more than 150 pearl-bearing rivers were known, there has long been a pearl fishery. These were mainly rivers of the northwestern part of Russia, although ancient manuscripts mention its extraction in Kievan Rus. Hence the abundance of pearl embroidery on dresses, not only for women, but also for men.
Every year in December, more than 28,000 runners go to the city of Honolulu for a marathon, it is one of the most massive marathons in the world. The race was held for the first time on Sunday, December 16, 1973. On that day, only 167 runners aged from 8 to 58 years went to the start, 151 of them were able to finish the distance.
The fuel in the first kerosene lamps had nothing to do with oil — kerosene was then obtained from coal. Only in the second half of the XIX century, after B. Silliman's research, kerosene began to be obtained from oil. It was the transition to petroleum kerosene that spurred the explosive demand for oil.
