Vengeful wasps, lilacs for diabetes and other interesting facts about

It is hard to imagine, but uranium weighing one butterfly was enough to destroy Hiroshima. We are talking about half a gram, which is converted into energy that gives the destructive power of an atomic bomb.

Few people know that there are mountains on Saturn’s moon Titan. But much more interesting is that they are named after the mountains of Middle-earth from the work of J. R. R. Tolkien.

That’s why it’s important to know at least a little history! One of the politicians in Nambia is called Adolf Hitler Uunona. His father thought that it was just an interesting name of some celebrity, with absolutely no idea what kind of person was behind it.

It is no secret that Alexander the Great showed a sincere interest in the sciences. And all because his mentor was Aristotle, who instilled in the future king a love of botany and medicine. That is why in his conquests he took scientists to study the occupied lands.

Among diabetics, such a drug as metformin, which, as it turned out, is obtained from lilacs, is widely used. At least in the Middle Ages, it was lilacs that treated the symptoms of diabetes.

In nature, large mammals live much longer than small ones. However, this rule does not apply to dogs, among which this law operates in reverse.

There is a rather strange clause in the Geneva Convention that prohibits pretending to be dead in time of war in order to deceive and eliminate the enemy.

It is known that sperm whales are able to communicate with each other across thousands of kilometers using echolocation. True, at this moment it is dangerous for a person to be nearby, since these same vibrations can cause instant paralysis or even death.

There are many poisons in the world today. One of them is ciguatoxin, the peculiarity of which is that a person begins to feel cold instead of heat and vice versa.

Surely, many at least once experienced a feeling of deja vu. So the chance of its appearance grows noticeably if your body is under stress and fatigue.

It turns out that until 2016, coffee was on the list of substances that cause cancer. But scientists could not prove it, but they found out that daily consumption of this drink, on the contrary, reduces the development of diseases of the prostate and mammary glands.

Well, let’s end with the danger of wasps, from which it is almost impossible to hide. It turns out that if you try to hide from them by diving into a pond, they will wait until you reappear from the water, and just continue to sting you.