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We, Russian people, sometimes find it very difficult to understand the Chinese. For us, they are like people from another planet, with incomprehensible customs, national dishes and other strange characteristics. What is the norm for Asians, the Russian may find shocking and unacceptable. We present to your attention 10 facts about the Celestial Empire that may surprise you very much.

In terms of pork consumption, China has overtaken the United States. And surprisingly enough, the country even has a so-called “pork reserve” intended to be used in the event of an economic crisis and skyrocketing prices.

Many Chinese companies are installing special nets on buildings to prevent suicide of their employees. Office psychologists are also invited to work with potential suicides.

Self-immolation is an extremely popular form of protest. Therefore, when the country passed power to a new leader, in 2012, firefighters were on duty in the central squares of Beijing to prevent acts of self-immolation.

National interests are above all: to perform on the stage of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, little Young Pei was considered not pretty enough, and she was replaced by Lin Miaok, who had to diligently open her mouth to the sound of the young performer's song. The music director of the ceremony said: "The audience will understand us, as we defended the national interests."

In China, not only some technical things are counterfeited, but also entire hardware stores. Moreover, their number, just like "quality", so to speak, is growing rapidly, and the most famous store - "fake" is located in the south of the country in the city of Kunming. Its name is not difficult to guess, of course it's Apple!

To protect tourists and support tour operators, a special law was passed in China some time ago. By the way, the law also contains clauses that regulate the behavior of tourists themselves, vacationing in the Middle Kingdom. The law was needed after a series of unpleasant incidents in which architectural monuments were damaged, and even rare species of plants and animals were consumed.

In China, actively growing cities and roads are gradually taking away their land from villagers, but if the owners refuse to move, the authorities have no choice but to resolve the issue, for example, in this way: the house of farmer Luo Baogen and his wife was literally in the middle of roads after its owners were not satisfied with the compensation offered by the state for the demolition of the building.

The problem of the lack of territory forces resourceful Chinese citizens to find new, original solutions: many wealthy apartment owners receive official permission to build a "penthouse" on the roof, but some do it illegally. The "house in the mountains" captured in the photo had to be demolished at the request of the city administration.

Poverty, corruption and widespread human rights abuses often lead to cases where wealthy criminals are tried and imprisoned instead of rich criminals in countries where the death penalty is allowed. Moreover, this market is actively developing: you can find a person who will agree to serve at least 10 years for a lot of money.

For a Russian, such a detail may seem very commonplace, but Western experts and, moreover, ordinary citizens are very surprised if suddenly a road or a bridge collapses just a few months after the completion of construction. 1 person was killed and 22 were injured as a result of the collapse of a new bridge in China's Fujan province.

Our world is full of secrets and mysteries, which are sometimes difficult to believe. Unknown phenomena and lost historical details appear almost every day. If you think that you already know everything about our world, here are a few more facts that will make you puzzled. These mysterious phenomena, despite all attempts, have not found their explanation.

1. Over the past 70 years, almost 90 passenger aircraft have disappeared without a trace.

The mystery of what happened to nearly 100 different planes remains unsolved. No wreckage has been found, and no one knows where they disappeared or what happened to them.

2. An eternal mummy, preserved in an unknown liquid.

Chinese matron Xin Zhui during the Han Dynasty is considered the best-preserved mummy. Discovered 2,000 years after her death, she is in a liquid that scientists cannot recreate.
Her skin is still soft, her arms and legs are bent at the joints, and her organs and blood vessels remain unchanged. The way this mummy was preserved is still a mystery.

3. A rare huge cloud forms in Australia every day from September to March every year.

The cloud, named Hector, forms at noon almost every day on the Tiwi Islands in Australia's Northern Territory. This usually occurs annually from September to March and reaches an altitude of about 20 km. Meteorologists around the world are trying to study the cloud and find an explanation for its appearance.

4. The skeleton of an alien about 10-22 cm long, found in Chile.

A strange skeleton with hard teeth, a bulging head and scaly skin has led many to believe that an alien has come to Earth.
However, after DNA analysis and other studies showed that this is a person, many questions arose regarding its size, mutations and origin. However, none of the questions were answered.

5. Unknown satellite "Black Knight" orbiting the Earth.

In 1954, a strange satellite was discovered in Earth's orbit. This dark object was seen even before any satellites were launched. Some argue that the Black Knight satellite is 13,000 years old.

6. Meat rain in Kentucky

The incident occurred within minutes of March 3, 1876, when chunks of meat fell from the sky onto a small area in Bath County, Kentucky. The "meat" that the scientists studied consisted of the lung tissue of a horse or infant, muscle tissue, and cartilage.

7. In 1973, two men stated that they had been abducted by aliens with claws.

This case is considered to be one of the most famous cases of alien abduction. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing when they claim they were abducted by aliens. Both men spoke of the incident in worried voices and were even tested on a lie detector, which showed the truth of the allegations.

8. Gorilla Coco answered the question about death.

Gorilla Coco was famous for her sign language skills. When asked where the other gorillas go after death, she hurriedly replied, "Into the comfortable hole, bye!"

9. The dance plague in 1518.

In 1518, the city of Strasbourg in Alsace was overtaken by a dance plague. People started dancing zealously in the streets within a month. Many suffered from heart attacks, strokes and simply from exhaustion, and the cause of the phenomenon remained unclear.

10. The largest virus in the world.

The largest virus in the world, called Pandora, has been found off the coast of Australia. It contains about 93 percent of unidentified genetic material.

Among the most unusual natural phenomena, there are the most terrible ones that pose a real danger to humans. The top is made up of such terrible phenomena. In addition, it is known about the most terrible natural phenomenon on the planet.

Top most terrible and unusual natural phenomena

All over the globe, from time to time, natural phenomena occur that cannot be called usual. We are talking about unusual terrible natural anomalies. They are dangerous to humans. It is comforting that such phenomena do not happen often.

Brinikl or "Finger of Death"

In the Arctic, very unusual icicles hang under water, posing a danger to the inhabitants of the ocean floor. Science has already figured out the formation of such icicles. Salt from the glaciers rushes in narrow streams to the bottom, freezing the sea water around it. A few hours later, such a stream, covered with a thin ice crust, begins to resemble a stalactite.

The “finger of death”, having reached the bottom, continues to spread further along the bottom. This structure is capable of destroying unhurried living organisms in fifteen minutes.

"Bloody rain"

Such a terrible name for a natural phenomenon is fully justified. It was observed in the Indian state of Kerala for a month. The bloody rains terrified all local residents.

It turned out that the reason for this phenomenon is a water tornado, which sucked spores of red algae from reservoirs. Mixed with rainwater, these spores fell on people in the form of a bloody rain.

"Black Day"

In September 1938, an inexplicable natural phenomenon occurred on Yamal, which has remained unsolved to this day. Suddenly during the day it became dark as at night.

Geologists who witnessed this phenomenon described it as sudden darkness with simultaneous radio silence. Having launched several signal flares, they saw that very dense clouds that did not allow sunlight to pass hung near the ground. This eclipse lasted no more than an hour.

"Black mist"

A fog with this name from time to time envelops London. It is known that it was recorded in 1873 and in the 1880s. At that time, almost nothing was visible on the streets, people could move only by holding onto the walls of houses.

In the days when the black fog enveloped the city, the mortality rate of its inhabitants increased many times over. This is attributed to the fact that it is extremely difficult to breathe in such a fog, even wearing a thick gauze bandage. The "deadly" fog visited the British capital for the last time in 1952.

Fire tornado

The top of the most terrible natural phenomena also includes fire tornadoes. It is known that tornadoes are very dangerous in themselves, but if they are associated with fire, their danger increases dramatically.

These phenomena occur in places of fire, when scattered foci are combined into a single large fire. The air above it heats up, its density decreases, because of this, the fire rises up. This pressure of hot air sometimes reaches hurricane speed.

Ball lightning

There is no person who has never heard thunder or seen lightning. However, we will talk about ball lightning, which is an electric current discharge. These lightning bolts can take many forms.

Ball lightning most often looks like red or yellow fireballs. They refute the laws of physics by unexpectedly appearing in the cabin of a flying plane or inside a house. Lightning soars in the air for several seconds, after which it disappears without a trace.

Sandstorm

An impressive but extremely dangerous natural phenomenon is a sandstorm. The sandstorm demonstrates the power and strength of Mother Nature. Such storms occur in deserts. Once in a storm, you can die by suffocating in the sand.

A sandstorm occurs due to the strongest air flow. From the Sahara Desert to the Nile Basin, no less than forty million tons of sand and dust are transported annually.

Tsunami

Such a natural phenomenon as a tsunami is a consequence of an earthquake. Having formed in some place, a large wave moves at a tremendous speed, sometimes reaching thousands of kilometers per hour.

Once in shallow water, such a wave grows ten to fifteen meters. Throwing ashore with great speed, the tsunami takes away thousands of human lives and brings a lot of destruction.

The site site has detailed and other large and destructive waves.

Tornado

A funnel-shaped air stream is called a tornado. Tornadoes are more common in the United States, both over water and over land. From the side, the tornado resembles a cone-shaped cloud pillar. The diameter can be tens of meters. The air moves in a circle inside it. Objects falling inside also begin to move. Sometimes the speed of such movement reaches one hundred kilometers per hour.

Over the past decade, earthquakes have killed seven hundred and eighty thousand people. Tremors occurring inside the earth lead to vibrations of the earth's crust. They can spread over vast areas. As a result of the strongest earthquakes, entire cities are erased from the face of the earth, thousands of people die.
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Ghost stories are frightening because they involve something we don't know. The story is interesting because it tells about real events that actually took place. A fascinating middle ground between these two extremes is natural phenomena, which we still fail to understand.

While we constantly continue to study the structure of this world, we often encounter natural "miracles" that go beyond our understanding and force us to enter the realm of fantasy and speculation. From jelly falling from the sky to inexplicable explosions that destroy hundreds of kilometers of forest and blood-red apocalyptic skies, here are 10 weird natural phenomena.

10. Star jelly

Rain, snow, sleet, hail. No, these are not the four notorious elements, but in theory, this is all that can fall from heaven at any given moment in time. Oddly enough, while we can measure and track precipitation fairly accurately, there is something else that can fall from the sky that we have no idea about: star jelly.

Star jelly is a translucent gelatinous material often found on grass or trees and is known to disappear quickly after being discovered. Many have reported seeing such a substance fall from the sky. This has led to myths that the falling material is nothing more than parts of dead stars, alien excrement, or even government drones. Mention of a strange substance dates back to the 14th century, when doctors used star jelly to treat abscesses.

Of course, our scientists had to investigate this strange phenomenon and determine its origin, right? In theory, yes. Some believe the strange substance is frog eggs swollen from exposure to water. The problem is that research has not confirmed the presence of animal or plant DNA in the substance, making it even more mysterious.

9. Clouds of Morning Glory

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Like pillows, the clouds are not soft or fluffy at all. They are made of water vapor and will not feel as soft as pillows if dropped on them. Because clouds contain water, we can understand their shapes and movements, and we can use this data to predict the weather - at least in most cases.

Morning Glory Clouds are long, tube-like clouds that look rather ominous in the sky. At over 965 km in length, these are most often seen in Australia during the transition from dry to wet season. Local aborigines say the clouds appear to warn of an increase in bird populations.

Other than these Aboriginal myths, there is no compelling explanation for why the clouds of morning glory are shaped like this. Some climatologists claim that they are formed as a result of a combination of sea breezes and changes in humidity, but so far no computer model has been able to predict this strange natural phenomenon.

8. Cities in the sky

No, this is not some comic book fiction or something from an ancient religion. This is reality. On April 21, 2017, in Jieyang, China, many citizens were amazed at the sight of the city soaring in the clouds. Many rushed to upload photos on the Internet, which scared the rest, but there was no reason for this, since something similar had happened before.

The same floating cities have been observed in five different locations in China during the 6 years leading up to this event. A large number of such phenomena have led to the advancement of various hypotheses: aliens are trying to break through to us from another dimension, the second coming of Christ will soon be, or the images that appear are a holographic test of the Chinese or even American government.

But we need, first of all, facts. There is a possible explanation: this is a rare natural phenomenon known as Fata Morgana, when light, passing through heat waves, causes a duplication effect. This explanation could well be accepted if the images in the sky were not different from what is below them, below the horizon line.

7. Tabby's star

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Our universe is huge, and there are billions of galaxies in it, which, perhaps, will one day have to be discovered by our descendants. But in order to discover mystical wonders, we do not need to leave our Milky Way.

If you enter: Tabby Star, then you get this information: KIC 8462852, named "Tabby Star" in honor of its discoverer Tabeta Boyajian, is one of more than 150,000 stars observed by the Kepler Space Telescope. What is absolutely unique about this star is how it changes its glow.

Usually, stars are observed by the dips in their glow that appear as planets pass in front of them. Tabby's star is amazing because the dips in its brightness are up to 20% of the total volume at a time, which is significantly larger than that of other stars we observe.

Explanations for this strange light activity vary greatly, from large clusters of planets passing in front of a star (which is unlikely) to large accumulations of dust and debris (but not for Tabby-age stars) and alien activity (which is very interesting).
One of the main theories says that aliens use some kind of huge mechanisms that revolve around the star to extract energy. It may sound strange, but it is much more interesting than cosmic dust.

6. A shower of ... spiders



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One of the many laws of the universe says that each of us is either a dog-man or a cat-man. These two personality options are characteristic of all of humanity. Despite the fact that many of us love animals, this love is not strong enough to dream of animals falling from the sky. If you love animals that much, you may need to seek professional help. But, before you do that, we have good news.

Although this is not a frequent natural phenomenon, but animals falling from the sky are a reality. Specifically, not cats and dogs, but many other animals fell from the sky along with raindrops. Some examples include frogs, tadpoles, fish, eels, snakes and worms (any of these scenarios are unpleasant).

The existing theory explains this by the fact that the animals were lifted into the sky by a water tornado or tornado that arose in their natural habitat. Unfortunately, this fact has never been recorded and confirmed by scientists. Even if this theory is true, it can in no way explain the fact that raw meat fell from a clear sky in Kentucky in 1876. This does not fit into the official theory at all.

5. Blood red sky

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Answer quickly to the question: what are the main signs of the approaching apocalypse? You probably guessed it: this is war, famine and epidemics. You may have mentioned the name of your favorite politician on this list. All of these answers are accepted, but add one more: the sky turns blood red for a few seconds, and then quickly returns to its normal state.

This phenomenon was observed in April 2016 by residents of Chalchuapa, El Salvador. The sky reportedly turned crimson within a minute and then returned to normal color with a slight pinkish tinge. Many members of the Christian population believe that the flash of red is a sign of the impending apocalypse described in the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

Some of the possible explanations for this phenomenon say that the blame is the light emanating from the meteor showers, which are not uncommon in this area in April. This is unlikely, however, as the blood-red sky is a phenomenon that has never been seen before.
Another theory is that the clouds reflected fires that have engulfed several sugarcane farms in the area. Whatever the explanation, we recommend that you grab a Bible, or head to a bar, whichever you believe.

4. Great attractor

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The generally accepted model for the origin of the universe is the Big Bang Theory: a powerful explosion that happened 14 billion years ago forced matter to expand outward at a high speed, which led to the constant expansion of the universe. Although it is generally accepted, this theory is one of many regarding the origin of our universe. However, it does not explain some of the anomalies, such as the Great Attractor.

In the 1970s, they first began to study a strange force located 150-200 million light years away, which attracts the Milky Way and other neighboring galaxies. Due to the location of the stars in the Milky Way, we cannot see what this object looks like, so it was dubbed the "Great Attractor".

In 2016, an international team of scientists was finally able to finally view the Milky Way with the Parkes CSIRO telescope and discovered 883 galaxies concentrated in this area. While some believe that this will solve the mystery of the Great Attractor, others believe that galaxies were pulled here in the same way as our galaxy is now, and the true reason for this attraction remains unknown.

3. Taoist rumble

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Each of us heard ringing in our ears, and the "grandmother's tale" associated with it, that it appears when someone speaks badly about you. Most of all, it outrages that no one but you hears this. Therefore, when we hear ringing in our ears for the first time, we might think that we are going crazy. But what if other people heard the same thing?

The city of Taos in north-central New Mexico is known for its liberal artist community as well as several celebrities who have lived here. However, it is perhaps better known for the "Taoist rumble", which was heard by about 2% of the population, and which everyone describes in their own way.

It was first reported in the 1990s, and the drone began to be investigated at the University of New Mexico. While most people claimed to have heard the hum, no apparatus picked up it. Explanations for this phenomenon boil down to factors such as: aliens, government experiments, the norm. Until we find the only correct explanation for this hum, our personal explanation will be no worse than anyone else's.

2. Tunguska explosion

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During the Cold War, we all feared the destruction that nuclear weapons bring with them. We knew about the power of a nuclear bomb not only from the tests carried out, but also from real life, since it was used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At that time, people expected that fire was about to fall from the sky and the earth would open up. But in 1908, people could not expect such a thing.

On June 30, 1908, near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Siberia, a massive fire crashed into the ground before exploding 6 km above the ground. The hot shockwave killed many animals and knocked down trees on a stretch of tens of kilometers. Visitors to the Vanawara Trade Market, 64 kilometers from the center of the blast, were knocked down by its force.

Most scientists believe the fireball was a meteorite or asteroid that exploded due to atmospheric pressure, composition, and a number of other factors before it made contact with the earth. The biggest mystery is that the crater was never found, so it is impossible to analyze the meteorite material. The object may have been composed entirely of ice and therefore left no debris. However, this cannot be proven.

1. Japanese Atlantis

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It is strange when we find circumstances to prove that the riddle has been solved. Atlantis is a mythical underwater city ruled by Poseidon, or Aquaman from the comics, depending on who you ask. Since the legend originated in Greece, many believe that the real prototype is somewhere in the Mediterranean. Or maybe next to the shores of Japan.

Large rock formations are located underwater near Yonaguni Jima Island. Outwardly, they resemble the Egyptian or Aztec pyramids and have been under water for about 2000 years. At first, it was believed that the formations discovered in 1986 by a local diver formed naturally, although this is strange when there are 90 ° angles.

Unlike the other mysteries on our list, this one has a perfectly reasonable explanation. We hope this will help you sleep a lot better today.