How Different Animals See the World

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Fly

For the fly, our whole world seems like a huge mosaic, because each facet on the eye of this insect perceives only one part of the image. But the fly clearly distinguishes between flickering light with a frequency of up to 300 Hz (the maximum frequency of the human eye is 50 Hz), so when you try to slam the annoying fly, it sees you as if in slow motion and always manages to leave on time.

Al Capone`s Prison

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...

The 7 Worst Epidemics in Human History

The new year 2020 began with the advent of a new virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. To date, coronavirus has claimed about 100 lives and continues to test people for strength. The history of mankind has repeatedly known extremely dangerous viruses and epidemics, which claimed millions of lives, wreaking havoc on the trail of panic and chaos. But even the worst of all infections, people managed to win and live on ... exactly until the next outbreak of some mutated flu.