10 facts that will surprise you

Our life is full of surprises and sometimes common facts and situations are not as simple as they seem if we look at them from a different angle.

O awesome.club gathered some amazing data that you probably haven’t heard of before.

In addition to the standard combination of potatoes, oil and salt, McDonald’s fries contain natural meat flavoring, citric acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to maintain color), dimethyl polysiloxane (an anti-foaming agent) and other ingredients not are so good for your health.

The Gympie Gympie, a pungent Australian bush, can inject a neurotoxin so strong into your body, it will make you want to kill yourself. The pain caused by its piercing is so intense that even animals and insects try to kill each other.

The amount of sugar in drinks sold everywhere is staggering. A can of Coca-Cola contains 10 tablespoons of sugar. This far exceeds the recommended daily intake, even without considering that you will also consume sugar by eating other drinks and other foods on the same day.

Although human beings are highly intelligent and highly evolved creatures, it can sometimes seem shocking how primitive our brains work. Due to our unconscious processes, we can be happy just because the sun has risen or we can fall in love with someone because of their smell.

Our subconscious can also produce the so-called “single exposure” effect, which implies that the more you see someone or something, the more you like it.

“The lake of drowned bodies” or Lake Tahoe is located in the mountains of Sierra Nevada (USA) and is said to be home to thousands of corpses, all perfectly preserved in its depths. The water at the bottom is so cold that people who drown in this lake don’t float to the surface, they just sink. Due to the extreme depth of the lake, divers are unable to descend to retrieve the bodies without using special equipment.

Scientists say that today we are facing the sixth extinction on Earth. They call this phenomenon a “biological annihilation”, as thousands of species of animals have disappeared because of hunting, the destruction of their habitats, the introduction of new species and the spread of diseases. And humans are responsible for all of this.

Have you ever wondered why the outer surface of some candies is so hard, crunchy and shiny? To achieve this effect, manufacturers use shellac, which is a resin secreted by the female shellworm. Unfortunately, it’s bad news for vegans, as it’s an animal by-product.

In the movie Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, Snow White had the job of taking care of the Seven Dwarfs, but in real life, actress Adriana Caselotti (1916-1997) never went back to work after she lent her voice to the Disney princess. That’s because she signed an exclusive contract with the Mickey Mouse company so that her voice would not appear anywhere else.

The worst part is that Adriana only made $970 for the job. But she says she has not regretted her decision. She declared in an interview that “it’s much better to have participated in one of the best films ever made than 10 mediocre ones”.

One of the best horror films directed by Stanley Kubrick has a lot in common with the beloved films in the franchise. Toy Story🇧🇷 The most obvious resemblance is the rug in Sid the bully’s house, which looks similar to the rug found in the terrifying Overlook Hotel in The illuminated🇧🇷 Also, the number 237 appears many times in the Disney movie. It’s the same number as the haunted room in Kubrick’s film.

Not all of us realize that Walt Disney’s stories center on the death and loss of maternal characters: Bambi’s mother was murdered, Ariel grows up without her mother, and Quasimodo’s is violently murdered early in the film. Cinderella was raised by her stepmother and Snow White was raised by the Evil Queen.

The reason for this was Disney’s grief over his own mother, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the house he had bought for her. Her father survived, but she wasn’t so lucky. Guilt followed Walt Disney throughout his life.

Which of these facts did you find most interesting? Share your opinion with us in the comments!