7 Most Dangerous Jellyfish in the Underwater World

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Portuguese boat (Physalia physalis)

The second name for jellyfish is physalia. Although this is rather not even a jellyfish, but a whole colony of polypoid and medusoid individuals. The «bite» of a Portuguese boat is extremely dangerous and painful (sensations are compared to hitting the skin with a whip). The main risk is the systemic effects of the poison. In severe cases, intense pain is followed by fever, shock, and impaired heart and lung function, which can lead to death. Physalias are accustomed to moving in groups of up to 100 colonies, and sometimes in resorts they have to close entire beaches because of them!

Cars for Export in the USSR

“Volga”, “Moskvitch” and “Lada” managed to see this world beyond the borders of their native country. Soviet cars were quite successfully exported even before the start of the war to countries such as Turkey, the Baltic states and others. In this collection, we will tell you about all the cars that were successfully used not only by russian people, but also by other people ...

Cars With Beautiful Female Names

Giving women names for cars is a romantic tendency of many automakers. Such names sound melodic and cannot be pronounced without much trepidation. In this collection, we look at a dozen of the most popular cars that bore (or still carry) female names ...

20 Little-known Facts About World War II

World War II began on September 1, 1939 with the Nazi German attack on Poland. Subsequently, 61 states took part in this war (this is 80% of the entire globe). The great war claimed the lives of more than 70 million people and became one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of mankind. We prepared the 20 most interesting and little-known facts about the World War II for today's selection.

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 ...