Perhaps the Most Unpleasant But Interesting Facts About Cockroaches

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Running away from danger, cockroaches are able to «switch speeds.» Scientists managed to notice that as soon as a cockroach sees a creature larger than itself it tries to run away. Its usual run changes to metachron, that is faster when all legs are torn off the ground in this order: front, middle and back.

CELEBRITIES 8 Deaths of Actors on the Set

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 ...
INTERESTING Chelsea Hotel — New York Bohemian Habitat

Chelsea Hotel — New York Bohemian Habitat

The New York Chelsea Hotel was built in 1844 and since then has become a magnet for famous writers, musicians, actors, artists, etc. This place has always been not simple, as if a special atmosphere reigned in it, which attracted the whole New York bohemia. What does this place look like now and what was so special about the legendary Chelsea Hotel? More on this later ...
INTERESTING 9 Mysteries of the Past That Still Remain Unresolved

9 Mysteries of the Past That Still Remain Unresolved

The world is an amazing thing, filled with many secrets. To this day, researchers and great minds from all over the world are trying to solve the puzzles that our Universe periodically throws up to us. Some of them can be solved, althought not in the shortest possible time, but some remain unresolved for thousands of years and to this day confuse scientists. It is about such secrets and mysteries of the past that this collection will be discussed ...
SOCIETY 20 Photos From the Days of Prohibition

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.