10 Interesting Facts About Hedgehogs

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Hedgehogs more than other animals suffer from tick bites. Since the belly of animals is not covered with needles and they run belly down the grass, the ticks just wait for a convenient moment to cling to their skin. Due to the fact that the needles on the back, hedgehogs cannot cope with ticks on their own. However, they came up with a more inventive way to fight! Tobacco, as you know, scares off ticks, so hedgehogs find cigarette butts and prick them on their backs, thereby conducting prophylaxis against annoying pests.

20 Photos From the Days of Prohibition

In the United States, Prohibition began to operate in 1920 and continued right up to 1933. For 13 years, people have tried in every possible way to circumvent the ban on the sale, production and transportation of alcohol, staged demonstrations, protests, and massively engaged in smuggling. In our time, it is still difficult to imagine the effect of this law in full force. However, what the consequences may be and how people lived during the prohibitions on alcohol can be seen in the next photo selection.

The Most Ridiculous Reasons for Children’s Tears

Children can cry for completely different reasons. But sometimes some of them reach the literal ... absurdity! Greg Pembroke, the father of a little boy, once created a website, which is called - "Why is my son crying." Since then, parents from all over the world have sent him pictures for publication in the likeness of those that we will show you now ...

8 Deaths of Actors on the Set

It is generally accepted that the profession of an actor is prestige, success and unheard of popularity. But sometimes, in addition to crowds of fans and lots of money, actors have to face dangerous situations that can overtake them right on the set. Well, if they get off with a couple of abrasions and a fright, but the stories of the cinema are known and such cases when the actors did not come out of the set alive ...

What happens if there is 1 pineapple per day for a month

Pineapple is a very sweet fruit with a bunch of nutrients and vitamins. Once it was considered so exotic that only members of the royal families could afford it. However, in addition to all the useful things this fruit has, its frequent use can also harm health. Learn all the pros and cons of eating pineapple everyday in this article ...

10 Erroneous Facts About Animals

Some knowledge about animals was passed on to us by word of mouth, some we learned at the school desk, and some we learned from the media. But is all our knowledge true? We picked up 10 erroneous facts about animals that you might not have guessed about ..