Interesting facts about slow walkers.

Many have heard that rats and cockroaches can survive even a nuclear explosion. But the most viable organism on Earth is a slow-moving, tiny creature with a length of 0.1 to 1.5 mm. Tardigrades look like annelids, with 8 pairs of very primitive legs and a chitinous body.

An interesting fact is that the slow-moving can resist temperature fluctuations from -270C (-273C is absolute zero) to 151C. The slow-moving boat is not affected by radiation 1000 times higher than the lethal dose and the pressure is 6 times higher than at the bottom of the deepest ocean (7000 atmospheres). Interestingly, tardigrades can remain in a latent stage for decades and be reborn when conditions become favorable. These animals can fall into a coma when their body size decreases by 85%. There are cases when they came to life after hundreds of years of hibernation in museum exhibits of mosses. However, with constant activity, tardigrades live only one year.

There are more than 1000 species of slow walkers, they are found in vast territories around the world, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the bottom of the oceans. But for all their viability, slow walkers suffer from one problem: environmental pollution. Because of this, they are more common in rural areas than in cities.

Interesting facts about the microwave.

In 1946, engineer Percy Spencer, who worked at Raytheon Corporation, experimented with a magnetron tube. And suddenly he saw that the candy in his pocket had melted! This surprised him, and he continued experimenting with products by placing a magnetron in a metal box. Electromagnetic waves of small length (12 cm) cannot pass through metal and are absorbed by products, causing the latter to heat up. An interesting fact, the first commercial microwave oven was released in 1947, it cost $ 5,000 and had dimensions of about 2 meters. Microwave ovens have enjoyed great success in countries that have little gas, such as Japan.

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Interesting facts about Bruce Lee.

At the age of 32, during the filming of the movie "The Game of Death", Bruce Lee died unexpectedly. Interestingly, the film company rewrote the script as if Bruce's character faked his death to get away from the mafia. Moreover, the film included footage from the real funeral of Bruce Lee — including close-up shots of an open coffin. Most martial arts movies speed up to make beautiful fighting scenes, but not in the case of Bruce Lee. His movements were too fast for the eye and therefore the battle scenes were shot at a frequency of 32 frames per second, and then slowed down so that the audience could see his movements. Bruce Lee's family gave him the feminine name "Little Phoenix" because they believed that evil spirits did not like boys in the family (their first-born son died in infancy). And the name Bruce was recorded in his documents by a nurse from the hospital in San Francisco, where he was born (Bruce's father was traveli...

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Interesting facts about cognac.

Residents of the French town of Cognac were the first to notice the properties of alcohol, which had been standing for a long time in an oak barrel, and one of the most noble alcoholic beverages is named after this village. The recipe for making cognac is both simple and complex at the same time. Grape juice is brought to fermentation and then distilled twice in an alembic over an open flame. Interestingly, after the second distillation, only the middle part of the alcohol is left, using it for the production of cognac. The alcohol is aged in oak barrels for at least two years. At the last stage, the master mixes cognac spirits of different ages to create a harmonious combination of depth and complexity of taste. There are quite a lot of cognac lovers, but 80% of this drink is consumed as part of cocktails. An interesting fact, cognac helps to dilate blood vessels and relieves headaches. Regular consumption of cognac (about 15 ml per day) protects against ...

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