Representatives of dozens of different nationalities live in most African countries at the same time, and they all use their own languages. In fact, few people speak the official languages, which are often considered French and English.

The most transparent water in the world is the Weddell Sea located near Antarctica. Most of the year the sea is covered with ice, the average monthly temperatures in winter off the coast fall below -30 °C.

Straw hats-panama hats for sun protection were invented in Ecuador, they were woven from the fiber of the toquilla palm from the Cyclanthaceae family [Spanish name toquilla, Latin — Carludovica palmata, local — hipihape].

During intense physical exertion, a person consumes up to 2500 ml of oxygen per minute, although in a relaxed state its consumption is 8-10 times lower.

Ken Kawamoto, a software engineer from Japan, introduced a gadget to the world at the end of 2016, or better to say an interior item that visualizes the weather outside the window in real time. When it's raining outside, water will pour, when it's sunny — there will just be a bright light. When there is a thunderstorm outside, the lamp will flash purple, and in the cold the water in the lamp will freeze.

Since May 2021, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has banned residents of the country from wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts with inscriptions and slogans, as well as doing a haircut-mallet and piercing. «History teaches us an important lesson that a country can become vulnerable and eventually collapse like a damp wall, regardless of its economic and defense power, if we do not adhere to our own way of life,» reads the text published by the state newspaper Rodong Sinmun. Violators of the ban will be fined, and those who have violated the ban repeatedly can be sent to labor camps for re-education.

It was the Australians who came up with the idea of calling photographing themselves with the word «selfie» — this happened in 2013.

China is considered the leader in wool production, it produces 400 thousand tons of raw materials per year. The second place belongs to Australia — more than 360 thousand tons. New Zealand closes the top three with an indicator of about 165 thousand tons.

Ecuador has one of the most dangerous railway lines on the planet, which is called the «Devil's Nose». Trains move along narrow tracks laid between steep cliffs and a cliff.

Algae have neither tissues, nor organs, nor protective covers.