Weird Facts Around the World People Didn't Know

• Eau de cologne was originally a remedy against the plague.
• The pea is the oldest known vegetables.
• The colors of the Olympic rings appear in every country flag. Exceptions: Latvia and Qatar have a white-brown flag.
• The wider growth rings of a tree facing the south.
• Hot water freezes faster than cold.
• The Croissant (halbmondformiges pastries) was designed for joy of victory against the Turks (1683) by a Viennese baker.
• In Saudi Arabia, Barbie dolls are illegal.
• From 1922 to 1934, were four Olympic Games for women only.
• Lipstick contains fish scales.
• The HB-males called Bruno.
• The first sport with world championship was Billard (1873).
• Adolf Hitler was nominated for the 1939 Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, before the invasion of Poland. Even his fellow dictators Mussolini (1935) and Stalin were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Stalin even twice (1945 and 1948).
• 1945 sank the submarine U-1206, because the captain on the toilet instead of flushing opened the wrong valve.
• The longest sentence in a book consists of 823 words, written by Victor Hugo in his novel "Les Miserables".
• Australia was named 1644-1814 "New Holland" (Abel Tasman). Matthew Flinders was the continent its current name.
• Somalia has more goats than people.
• The holes in Swiss cheese called "eyes".
• No US president was an only child.
• Our drinking water is about three billion years old.
• Austria was the first country to abolish the death penalty (1787).
• The Saarland is the only state that has ever participated in the Olympics (1952).
• Croatia was the first country that recognized the state USA (1776).
• Raindrops are falling at a normal speed of about 14 km / h. In a downpour (= smaller droplets) they can reach 28 km / h sometimes even.
• Not Hollywood or Bollywood produce most films a year, but "Nollywood" in Nigeria (about 2,000 films a year).
• Monaco and the Vatican City are smaller than New York's Central Park.
• In addition to the 879 active satellites currently orbit about 10,000 parts space junk (old satellites, rocket parts, etc.) in orbit.
• In more than 50 years of system 6 out of 49, there were a total of more than 1,700 lottery millionaires (in euro terms).
• Water boils not always only at 100 ° Celsius. Sometimes it boils even earlier. The decisive factor is where it boils and how much there is of air pressure. The following applies: the lower the pressure, the faster it cooks. On Mount Everest, for example, already at 70 degrees.
• In 4 degree Celsius Water has the highest density (100 g = 100 g). The warmer the water is, the lower its density.
• If you see a rainbow, you stand with your back to the sun.
• Of 221 countries in the world currently have 59 left-hand traffic.
• The V 2 rocket the Nazis resulted in 3 times more deaths among those who built it - as among the bombed.