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2022-05-30 20:00:01 ​ Gate Tower Building

A sixteen-story office building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, notable because a highway runs right through it.In 1983 a decision was made to partially demolish and renovate the buildings in the area, partly because they were dilapidated and needed modernization, and there were also plans to build the Hanshin Expressway in the same area. However, the building codes in effect at the time made it impossible to build a building and a road on the same site. Negotiations for about 5 years between the land owners, the Hanshin Expressway Corporation and the city government led to the current project.

For this reason, local highway construction laws, city planning laws, and city redevelopment law and city planning codes were revised in 1989 to provide what is known as the Rittai Do-ro Seido Multilevel Road System, which allows buildings and road network to be integrated into a single space. The system was originally designed to facilitate the construction of a second ring road in the vicinity of Tokyo's Toranomono Business District, but was never used there. Instead, the system was launched during the construction of the Gate Tower Building, which became the first building in Japan with a highway running through it. Roads in such cases are usually built underground, and passing through buildings is extremely rare. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-30 17:00:20 Our real history was destroyed 200 years ago

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- We have no trees over 200 years old (1% of them left).
- 90% of people can't tell the names of their great-great-grandfathers exactly.
- Buildings all over the world are covered with several meters of earth.
- Artifacts found "cry out" about the existence of a more advanced civilization before us.

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2022-05-30 14:00:01 ​ Tipu Tiger.

An 18th-century mechanical toy created for Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Principality of Mysore in India. The carved wood and painted body is an almost life-size representation of a tiger attacking a British soldier. Mechanisms inside the tiger and human bodies allow one human arm to move, mimicking the sounds of screaming from the human mouth and snarling from the tiger's mouth. In addition, a hinged flap on the side of the tiger contains the keypad of a small wind organ with 18 notes.

The tiger was created for Tipu based on his personal emblem as a tiger and expressed his hatred of his enemy, the British East India Company. The tiger was found at his summer residence after East India Company troops stormed the capital at Tipu in 1799.

The governor general, Lord Mornington, sent the tiger to Great Britain, originally intending to make it an exhibit in the Tower of London. First exhibited to the public in London in 1808 at the East India House, then at the East India Company building in London, the tiger was then moved to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1880. The toy is now part of the permanent display in the "Imperial Courts of South India." Since its arrival in London to this day, the Tipu Tiger has been a popular attraction for the public. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-30 11:15:07 ​ Leather cannons

Light cannons invented in Sweden in the 17th century for use in the field. In the XV-XVI centuries cannons were mainly used during sieges of fortresses and as fortress artillery. Horse-drawn cannons used by the French during the Italian campaign in 1494 were considered unusual. It was not until the 17th century that the Dutch and Swedes laid the foundation for real field artillery.

The Swedish King Gustav II Adolf, who took an active part in the Thirty Years' War, sought to reduce the weight of guns and make them more mobile. For this purpose the so-called "leather cannons" invented in 1627 by the German colonel Melchior von Wurmbrandt were introduced in the Swedish army. They consisted of a thin 1/8 caliber copper barrel and were reinforced with iron hoops. In addition, they were wound with ropes secured with a kind of glue and bound with leather. The weight of the barrel was only 74 kilograms. Such cannons were produced at the Julit Cannon Factory in Södermanland.

During the Polish War of Gustav Adolf these guns did not prove to be the best, as they overheated too much when firing and sometimes burst. They were therefore replaced by 3-pounder light guns of cast iron and cannon metal, which were made by the Swedish artillery colonel Hans von Seegerut. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-29 22:49:46 ​ Welsh Corgi

The breed originated in Wales, where it became one of the first herding dogs. The Welsh Corgi became common in the twentieth century. The basis for the breed was probably the Swedish Walhund (Westsgåtospitz) or Icelandic dog. According to one of the legends explaining the appearance of these dogs, the puppies were presented to humans by fairies who used the breed as a sled dog. This explains the saddle-shaped mark on the back of the Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

Another Welsh legend has it that two pups, sitting on a fallen tree in the woods, were found by peasant children and brought home. The Welsh Corgi belongs to the sheepdog family, though they are quite petite. Their short stature allows them to dodge hooves and horns when shepherding.

Although the dogs proved to be quite attractive from the breeders' point of view, they remained unknown to the general public for a long time. It was not until 1892 that the Corgi first became exhibitors at a show where they were noticed. Then the breed rapidly evolved and quickly spread around the world. The most famous dog became famous because in 1933 the Duke of York (future King George VI of Great Britain) gave Welsh Corgi puppies to his daughters Elizabeth (now Elizabeth II) and Margaret Rose. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-29 17:00:10 ​ Prohibition of death

A legal prohibition on dying in a certain place (with fines for the family of the deceased, etc.). In the past it was imposed for religious or political reasons, so as not to desecrate a sacred place. The Greeks had the sacred island of Delos forbidden to die since the 5th century BC. It is often claimed that in Great Britain it is allegedly forbidden to desecrate the Parliamentary Palace of Westminster with death, and that whoever accidentally dies there may be buried at the King's expense as a sign of purification. This urban legend, however, has no confirmation.

In modern times, a number of localities have passed no-death laws as a "gesture of desperation" because of overcrowded cemeteries in the city, in the hope that higher authorities will decide to allocate new plots for burials.

The town of Longyear (Svalbard Archipelago, Norway) has a law that prohibits dying in its territory. If someone falls ill with a serious illness or has a potentially fatal accident, the patient must immediately be air or sea transported to another part of Norway, where he dies. But even if the death occurs in the city, the deceased is still buried in the "Big Land". These forced measures are due to the fact that in permafrost conditions the bodies do not decompose at all after burial and attract the attention of predators such as polar bears. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-29 10:06:58 ​ The Bloody Countess

Elisabeth Báthory of Ecsed was a Hungarian countess of the famous Báthory family and the richest Hungarian aristocrat of her time, known for her serial murders of young girls.

Báthory is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the woman who committed the greatest number of murders, the exact number of her victims is unknown. The countess and four of her servants were accused of torturing and murdering hundreds of girls between 1585 and 1610. The highest number of victims named in the Báthory trial was 650. Despite all the evidence against Elizabeth, the influence of her family prevented the Blood Countess from standing trial. In December 1610 Báthory was imprisoned in the Hungarian castle of Čachtice, where the Countess was walled up in a room until her death four years later.

The story of Báthory's serial murders and brutality is confirmed by the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and victims, as well as by physical evidence and the presence of horribly mutilated bodies of already dead, dying and imprisoned girls found during the Countess' detention. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-27 15:59:33 Death by fan

A popular belief in South Korea that a fan turned on overnight in a closed room can be fatal.Since there were no reports of deaths from fans before the 1970s, it is believed that this belief was spread by the Korean government in order to save energy. There is a version that this action was launched in order to promote in the market of household services the air conditioners gaining popularity.

For example, in July 1997, the English-language Korean newspaper The Korea Herald reported that a week of hot weather had caused at least 10 deaths caused by fans. The expert concluded the article by recommending that to prevent such cases, one should keep windows open and not be close to a fan.

The Korea Consumer Protection Society reported in 2006 that fan accidents were among the top five most common summertime accidents in South Korea. It was also reported that from 2003 to 2005, there were 20 deaths from sleep asphyxiation associated with fans and air conditioners. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-27 15:27:47 Paul Anderson

The strongest man in history. The greatest athlete of the last century.Paul Anderson began his strength training in high school to make the American soccer team. At the age of 15 he already weighed 90 kilograms. In 1952 he became seriously interested in weight lifting, and already in 1955 Anderson won the world title and the Olympic Games.

In 1957, in a Las Vegas nightclub, he squatted 526 pounds three times in a row. This lasted seven days a week and for several weeks. How was he able to keep up with that kind of exertion? In fact, that was his normal work weight. Anderson never used a weight belt in his squats, never bandaged his knees and usually performed barefoot.

Paul squatted 408 kilograms for 10 times and did the half squat at 680 kilograms. On June 12, 1957, in his hometown of Toccoa, Paul broke 2,844 kg from the racks. Standing right handed squatting 136 kg 11 times and left hand 7 times, one of the most famous nicknames of Anderson was "The Crane". Открыть/Комментировать

2022-05-27 11:40:57 Firemen's Ball

Firemen's Ball is a traditional folk festival held by firemen in Paris and other French cities on July 13 or 14, that is, on the eve or directly on the day of the main national holiday.

There are several versions of the origin of the holiday. According to the most common, French firefighters have long held festivities in barracks for themselves and their families. One day, on July 14, 1937, a certain sergeant named Cournet unexpectedly decided to open the doors of his barracks in Montmartre and splash out a party on the streets of the city - with firecrackers, sparks and simulated firefighting rides. This supposedly pleased not only the townspeople but also their colleagues from other fire stations so much that every year more and more firefighters participated in the holiday, more and more people gathered for it.

In any case, this tradition goes back more than a decade, interrupted only for the period of World War II, 1939-1945. Открыть/Комментировать