Modern man daily absorbs the amount of information that, for example, a resident of the Middle Ages in his entire life has known. And the more knowledge we get, the less time we have left to process or remember them. It would probably be very useful to invent a method that allows you to get only the information that would be of practical importance to us.
However, a person’s craving for knowledge of all the unknown is inexorable, and still we will try to look at the world a little wider than our usual circle of knowledge. Therefore, we have collected short, amazing and interesting facts about our world that are not widely known.
10. Many indigenous peoples do not maintain contact with modern society.
Quite a lot of indigenous tribes, located in different parts of the world, lead a nomadic lifestyle, strictly following the traditions of their ancestors. Although, in fairness, it must be said that most of them interact with the outside world in order to earn money at the expense of travelers, sell goods of manual labor, acquire various things that facilitate their work, etc.
However, according to statistics, about a hundred indigenous tribes live in absolute isolation from the outside world. Mostly they are located in Latin America, Indonesia, and others.
9. Humanity lives only 0.004% of the Earth’s lifetime
Scientists have established that the first representatives of the human race appeared on our planet about 200 thousand years ago. The age of the earth is 4.54 billion years. Using simple mathematical calculations, we can conclude that people exist 0.004% of the total time the planet Earth exists. Regarding one human life, this period seems colossal, but from the point of view of the Universe this time is no longer than one instant.
8. About one in two hundred men is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
It is understood that these representatives of the stronger sex have a Y chromosome, which, according to geneticists, arose in Mongolia about a thousand years ago. At present, official science cannot name the exact number of such people, however, according to scientists' calculations (taking into account errors), about 17-19 million men who are descendants of the most famous of the Mongols live on the globe.
7. 70% of our planet is covered in water, but only 3% of them are fresh water
The oceans make up about 97% of the total amount of water that is on our planet. In turn, of these, fresh water suitable for human and animal consumption is no more than 3%. The threat of a shortage of fresh water is a problem over which, along with global warming and shifting poles, ecologists of the whole world “fight”.
6. The oldest temple in the world is 12,000 years old
The official name of this building is Gobekli Tepe. This temple is located in modern Turkey. This artifact is of great value to archaeologists and researchers of antiquities. Thanks to the drawings carved on its pillars, scientists were able to find out that about 11,000 years ago a comet fell on Earth. Such a catastrophe led to the fact that the temperature on the planet gradually began to decline.
5. After 250 million years, all continents will unite
This theory has a lot of supporters among the representatives of the world of science. According to them, the continents will slowly approach each other and eventually unite. However, we are unlikely to witness this anomaly, since, according to their calculation, this will happen no earlier than in 250 million years.
This theory is refuted by few, since science has undeniable evidence of the movement of parts of the earth's crust.
4. Unicellular organisms caused the first mass extinction
Researchers of antiquity claim that approximately 250 million years ago, in some oceans, for some reason, a certain type of microorganism began to multiply intensively. This natural anomaly caused the spontaneous extinction of insects, due to which reptiles got a chance for species development.
3. Each decision you make creates an alternative universe.
Some theorists from science argue that there are alternative universes of the third level. This means that any of your actions, no matter how trifling it is, is a kind of trigger for creating a parallel reality in which events unfold in a completely different scenario, depending on the consequences of the decision. For example, in the morning you decide to enjoy a cup of coffee, and in an alternative reality you will drink tea.
Parallel worlds of the 3rd order obey the same spatial and temporal laws as our Universe, but we are not able to penetrate there.
This discovery, regardless of the fact that it has no evidence base, allows us to come to revolutionary conclusions. It makes us think that any of our actions has an impact on the world, and in our power to make this influence predominantly creative.
2. Most of our planet has not seen sunlight for billions of years
As already mentioned, the bulk of the earth's crust is covered by the oceans. Due to this, almost 2/3 of its surface does not receive sunlight. And this has been going on for a huge number of years. This is due to the fact that the rays of the sun do not reach the depths of the ocean, since hundreds of thousands of meters of salt water lie on the way to them.
1. If an asteroid fell to Earth elsewhere, dinosaurs could still exist.
Every student knows that 66 million years ago an asteroid fell on our planet, which was then inhabited mainly by giant prehistoric creatures, which, in turn, led to their death. However, according to some researchers, dinosaurs hypothetically had the opportunity to escape if the “space killer” fell elsewhere.
This theory has many opponents who argue that the asteroid was of such magnitude that in case of its contact with the earth's surface in any case there would be a cataclysm that excluded the further existence of ancient reptiles.