The trampoline was invented by Eskimos to spot their prey as early as possible while hunting whales

For jumping they used a stretched skin of a walrus, which threw up to the height of almost 4 floors.

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Time-lapse of cats and how they move with the sun light, absorbing the natural solar energy.

Even the animals know the healing effect of sunlight on their wellbeing. It's no wonder that Gates and the company want to block the sun.

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The Gentleman's Code (1839)

1. Not to borrow money from a friend except in extreme need. Money borrowed is a debt of honor to be repaid as soon as possible. The debts of deceased parents, brothers, sisters, or an adult child are borne by an honest man.

2. Not to lose one's temper, not to show anger, fear, hatred, embarrassment, excitement or mirth in public places.

3. not pat strangers on the back or touch strange ladies.

4. In conversation, do not mention names or how much things cost.

5. Not to take advantage of another's helplessness or ignorance and not to allow another gentleman to take advantage of himself

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The European Bible of 1813 says something interesting about chronology.

It says: "Whereupon we reckon that from Adam to Christ are 3974 years, 6 months and 10 days. And from the birth of Christ to this year 1814 years. Then the full sum and number of years from the beginning of the world to this year is 5788 years 6 months 10 days."

That's right. In 1814 there are 5788 years from the beginning of the world.

In the current year, 2022, our world will be 5998 years old.

113 years ago in 1700 at Slavs the Annals were conducted from absolutely other date of Creation of the World


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Sumerian divorce

A 7th century BC tablet from the library of the great king of Assyria Ashurbanipal at Nineveh. It has a bilingual text in ancient Sumerian (a dead language at that time) and Akkadian in two different columns.

The text reads: "If a wife hates her husband and says to him, 'You are not my husband,' he may drown her in the river.

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GEOMETRY TEXTBOOK

Before you is a geometry textbook with volumetric details from 1570. The creator of geometry, René Descartes, would not be born until 26 years after this textbook was published.

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MULTISTAGE ROCKETS OF THE 17TH CENTURY

Kazimir Semenovich, a military engineer, wrote about these technologies 250 years before Tsiolkovsky's works. He describes rockets from products with a stabilizing rod to cruise missiles. He also developed a theory of creating a prototype of a multistage rocket

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A Livermore Lawrence National Laboratory employee opens the world's heaviest swinging door

The photo was taken in 1979. That door was 244 cm thick, nearly 365 cm wide, and weighed 44 tons.

A special bearing in the hinge allowed one person to open or close the concrete-filled door, which was used to protect the Rotating Target Neutron Source-II (RTNS-II), the world's most powerful continuous fusion neutron source.

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One of the world's most famous hackers.

It's Kevin Mitnick, after learning about PCs at age 16, he hacked into the Pentagon's network and Colorado's air defense. And after a five-year sentence for hacking and his release, Mitnick erased his jail time from the state registry and withdrew all the money from the account of the judge who sentenced him.

Now Mitnick is in the information security business legally

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Pope Leo XIII was a great admirer of "Mariani Wine," a wine with the addition of cocaine.

He supported and popularized the drink, and awarded Angelo Mariani the Vatican Gold Medal for his invention.

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The great Dublin fire of 1875 occurred when a whiskey distillery caught fire.

5,000 barrels (more than 800,000 liters) of whiskey poured onto the streets of Dublin, blazing with fire. Thirteen people died in the fire, but they did not burn or suffocate in the smoke. They died from the large amount of «free» whiskey they drank.

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The Astrolabe destroys the heliocentric model

The astrolabe only requires the observation of the sun’s position to begin making calculations.

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Ginny: the dog who saved 900 cats

Ginny, a dog who passed away in 2005, was famous for her love of cats. As soon as Ginny was taken from the shelter, she sought them out and rescued them, then brought them to her owner.

The dog would find abandoned or stray cats in pipes, trash cans, and boxes. Ginny quickly became popular in the area, and owner Phillip Gonzalez established a cat fund named after her, where residents brought stray animals themselves.

In all, more than 900 cats were saved thanks to Ginny and her foundation, and in 1998 the Westchester Felinology Club named her "Cat of the Year.

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In 1925, Coca-Cola released a souvenir keychain in the shape of a swastika.

Before the emergence of the Nazis, the swastika in the United States, like in India, symbolized good luck.

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University of Cordoba, Argentina. An ancient fresco with a rather interesting depiction of the Earth...

Is there a spinning mechanism underneath it? Is there a dome on it?

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