A little bit about everything interesting about mechanical engineering. This is interesting

For example, for some reason Schiller could only create when there were rotten apples on his table.

Haydn did not work without his diamond ring: he looked at it every minute.

Wagner while composing another piece of music he laid out bright pieces of silk on chairs and other furniture, and used to pick them up and fiddle with them.

To successfully work on the novel, Zola tied himself to a chair.

Musset composed his poems by candlelight, all alone, at the table, where there were two cutlery for his sweet imaginary woman, who was about to come and share dinner with him.

Charlotte Brontë constantly looked up from writing her next novel and went to peel potatoes.

To awaken inspiration, Dumas the son liked to eat thoroughly five times.

“I love you, dear mademoiselle,” Henri Matisse said to his future wife. - But you should know that I will love painting even more. The artist suffered from depression, insomnia, sometimes cried in his sleep and woke up with an animal scream. One day, without any reason, he suddenly had a fear of going blind. And he even learned to play the violin so he could make a living as a street musician when he lost his sight. The doctors tried in vain to convince him that he had nothing to fear, he had no eye diseases.
But Matisse did not believe them. Before he started drawing, he felt a strong desire to strangle someone! And the process of creativity itself was associated with cutting out a tumor from a patient with a knife and without anesthesia.

Flaubert moaned as he worked along with the characters he portrayed. He cried and laughed, and then began to quickly walk around the office with long steps and loudly chant words.

It was said about Montesquieu that on the floor near the table where he studied, one could notice indentations from the constant twitching of their legs.

English writer Goughton, studying literary work, at the same time wielding a knife or scissors. During his writing vigils, he planed more than one desk, cut up several armchairs, and once slashed something that came to hand. favorite dress wives.

Great thinkers, like crazy ones, are characterized by constant overflow of the brain with blood (hyperemia), intense heat in the head and cooling of the extremities, a tendency to acute diseases of the brain and poor sensitivity to cold.

For example, Balzac wrote his novels while standing bare feet on the cold stone floor. Rousseau forced his brain to work harder by standing in the sun with his head uncovered.

Schiller always had his feet in cold water while working on his works. Edgar Poe could sit for hours at his desk and silently look at a sheet of blank paper lying in front of him.

Maeterlinck did much the same. Every morning he sat at his desk for three hours, even if not a single thought came to mind.

George Sand wrote every day until 11 o'clock, and if she finished a novel at 10.30, she immediately began a new one, which she worked on for half an hour.

The French fabulist La Fontaine, when inspiration struck, would rush through the streets for hours, not noticing passers-by who watched in amazement as he gesticulated, stamped his feet, shouting out the emerging lines at the top of his voice.

"Acquaintances watched with surprise as Bernard Shaw, already in old age, put on rubber boots, buttoned up his flannel-lined raincoat and, turning to his household, said: “I’m going to write a play!” And he went to the market, where it was very lively. He was often seen on commuter trains with a notepad in his hands, quickly scribbling line after line."

Schubert, who lived only 31 years, had to play his favorite works... with a comb, before publishing them.

Dumas (father) wrote only on special square sheets. If there was no such paper or it ran out, he stopped working.

Anatole France, on the contrary, never stored paper and wrote on anything: old letters, envelopes, invitation cards, even business cards.

The absent-mindedness and forgetfulness of some geniuses is amazing.

Of course, they are explained by a special focus on creativity, when everything extraneous seems to cease to exist.

Diderot forgot days, months, years and the names of loved ones.

Gogol and Goethe did not notice mortal danger during their work.

One day, Ampere, leaving his apartment, wrote in chalk on his door: Ampere will only be home in the evening. But he returned home in the afternoon. He read the inscription on his door and went back, because he forgot that he himself was Ampere. He constantly blew his nose into the rag he used to wipe off chalk during lectures, and, smeared with chalk, aroused the gaiety of the students."

The great Newton once received guests and, wanting to treat them, went to his office for wine. The guests are waiting, but the owner does not return. It turned out that upon entering the workroom, Newton was thinking so deeply about his next work that he completely forgot about his friends.
There is also a known case when Newton, having decided to boil an egg, took a watch, noticed the time and after a couple of minutes discovered that he was holding an egg in his hand and was boiling a watch.
“When Newton was writing his Principia, he, absorbed in his thoughts, forgot to dress and eat. One day he had lunch, but did not notice it. And when he went to lunch by mistake another time, he was very surprised that someone ate his food. "Another time, absent-mindedness cost the scientist very dearly. Once, while leaving home, he forgot to extinguish the candle on the table, and all his manuscripts - the fruits of many years of hard work - burned in a fire. This caused the great physicist's mind to become clouded for several months."

"Another famous physicist Einstein, having met his friend and, absorbed in thoughts, said: Come to me in the evening. I will also have Professor Stimson. His friend, puzzled, objected: But I am Stimson! Einstein replied: This does not matter." meaning, come anyway!"

“The father of Russian aviation, Zhukovsky, once, after talking the whole evening with friends in his own living room, suddenly got up, looking for his hat, and began to hastily say goodbye, muttering: “But I’ve been staying too long with you, it’s time to go home!”

“The greatest ideas of thinkers are born suddenly and develop as unconsciously as the rash actions of a madman. According to psychiatrists, there is no doubt that there is a complete similarity between a madman during a seizure and a brilliant person thinking about and creating his work.

Here, for example, is how the doctor describes Tasso’s condition: The pulse is weak and uneven, the skin is pale, cold, the head is hot, inflamed, the eyes are shiny, bloodshot, restless, running around. At the end of the creative period, the author himself often does not understand what he stated a minute ago."

"Difference between brilliant people and ordinary lies in the refined and almost painful impressionability of the former.

Ampere felt the beauty of nature so vividly that he almost died of happiness when he once found himself on the shores of Lake Geneva.

Chateaubriand could not be indifferent to hearing praise from anyone, even his shoemaker.

Schopenhauer became furious and refused to pay hotel bills if his last name was written after two paragraphs."

Researchers of the creativity of geniuses argue that they, as a rule, were bad students and students.

Thus, Liebig only became a professor through Humboldt’s patronage.

Gogol also received a department. On top of everything else, Gogol was certified at school as a dumbass and a slut.

Pushkin performed very poorly at the Lyceum and cried during arithmetic lessons.

Leo Tolstoy scored a few in his exams at the university,

Chekhov remained in the gymnasium for the second year twice...

FOR FAMILY:

German psychologists believe that the “formula for ideal relationships” will help spouses maintain warm relationships for a long time. Scientists say that any harsh remark must be compensated with at least five compliments, and researchers from the University of Chicago have collected statistics that family life gives us health, life expectancy and much more joy in sex.

It turns out that loneliness shortens life expectancy in to a greater extent than cancer, and for men, single life is more dangerous than a heart attack. Men They pay for their freedom with approximately 3,500 days of life on average, while heart disease takes away, according to statistics, an average of only 2,100 days. According to statistics, married men drink half as much as bachelors. Family people Compared to divorced people, they are less risk-averse. They rarely drive over the speed limit, are less likely to get into criminal situations, have fewer bad habits and are less likely to be stressed.

Scientists believe that. Research has shown that children whose families eat lunch and dinner together are less likely to suffer from overweight, less susceptible bad habits. As a rule, lunches and dinners with the family include more vegetables and fruits, which is much healthier than the habit of everyone snacking on their own, whenever they want, with whatever is in the refrigerator.

FOR GOOD HEALTH:

Doctors advise anyone who is plagued by depression to reconsider their diet and eliminate red meat and coffee. Coffee can cause anxiety and sleep problems. Red meat is a protein food that is slowly digested by the stomach and during the decomposition process, toxins accumulate that negatively affect the nervous system.

Scientists from the University of Michigan, USA, have found that regular communication with friends makes a woman healthier and happier. The reason lies in increased levels of progesterone, a hormone that reduces stress and fear. Scientists report that progesterone levels play a role important role in social relationships: the higher its level, the greater the desire for expansion and strengthening social connections a woman experiences. Surprisingly, it turned out that gossip and chatter significantly increase the level of this hormone. By chatting casually, women relieve stress, train their powers of observation, and show resourcefulness.

Carrot It has become so familiar to our table that many people forget what a useful and healing root vegetable it is. In terms of carotene content, it is a champion among vegetables, a storehouse of various vitamins and minerals, amino acids, essential oils and fiber. It has been established that daily consumption of carrots strengthens the body and increases its resistance to infections. It is necessary for the normal growth of children, to maintain visual acuity, and to maintain healthy skin. Carrot reduces cholesterol levels in the blood, stimulates the functioning of the stomach and intestines, strengthens the gums and immunity.

Goat's milk is an excellent anti-allergen. Allergies will go away if you drink at least a glass of milk a day every day. Goat milk contains many substances that increase the body's resistance to infectious diseases and improve brain activity. It contains calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, manganese, copper, vitamins A, B, C, D. This product enriches the body with complete proteins, fats, microelements and is very beneficial for normalizing metabolism, which promotes health and longevity.

Greens are the absolute leader in the number of poisonings. Harmful bacteria and viruses enter greens from the soil and are well preserved on plants. Greens also actively absorb harmful substances from the soil and preserve them in leaves and stems. Therefore, for health safety, greens should be soaked for at least 20 minutes, then rinsed in running water.

Japanese medical scientists from National Institute radiologists in Tokyo concluded that a couple of pints of good barley beer(we specify: barley!) - the best remedy prevent cancer. Research has shown that regular consumption beer protects cells from the harmful effects of radiation and reduces the risk of cancer by more than 30%. Moreover, “intoxicated” cancer patients experience an improvement in their health, which means that the foamy golden drink has not only preventive, but also medicinal properties.

FOR BEAUTY:

Regular baking soda can replace hair shampoo if necessary. You need to add a little water to the baking soda powder, mix it into a “paste,” apply it to your hair and rinse thoroughly. Your hair will be clean, soft and shiny.

Tomato is an excellent remedy for acne. Problem areas of the skin should be lubricated several times a day with the juice of a ripe tomato mixed with glycerin in equal proportions.

A lotion made from cloves will help eliminate stye on the eye in a few days. Brew 6 cloves (a spice, not flowers!) with boiling water (1/3 cup). Let it brew, then moisten cotton swabs with a warm solution and apply to the sore eye.

Before using a teeth whitening product, make sure that it will not harm you. Some whitening techniques involve the use of highly acidic preparations that can corrode the upper layers of tooth enamel, so consult with a specialist before using the purchased product.

1. The Alaska flag was created by a 13-year-old boy.

2. Military honor in no country is given with the left hand.

3. The international dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

4. Captain Cook was the first person to set foot on all the continents of the Earth except Antarctica.

5. The West African Matami tribe plays football with a human skull.

6. In Australia, the fifty cent coin originally contained two dollars worth of silver.

7. Most often in English libraries stealing the Guinness Book of Records.

8. National Orchestra Monaco is bigger than its army.

10. Canada is larger in area than China, and China is larger than the United States.

11. The only country where not a single birth was registered in 1983 is the Vatican.

12. The Nile froze twice - in the 9th and 11th centuries.

13. In Siena, Italy, you can't be a prostitute if your name is Maria.

14. In ancient Rome, a man taking an oath or making an oath would place his hand on the scrotum.

15. Tickling was prohibited by law in some ancient countries of the East, as it was considered a sinful arousing activity.

16. There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.

17. In the Eskimo language, there are more than 20 words for snow.

18. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.

19. In France, the law prohibits the sale of dolls with non-human faces, such as “alien girls.”

20. Canada has been declared the best country to live by the UN 4 times over the past 5 years.

21. B Ancient Rome If a patient died during an operation, the doctor's hands were cut off.

About culture

22. As X-rays have shown, under the “Mona Lisa” we know, there are three more of its original versions.

23. John Lennon's song "I'm a Walrus" was inspired by the sound of a police siren.

24. Most often sung song in the world - “Happy birthday to you” - is protected by copyright.

25. There is only one Western directed by a woman.

26. George Harrison's toilet seat sang "Lusy in the sky with diamonds."

27. During World War II, in order to save metal, Oscar figurines were made of wood.

28. Original title " Gone with the wind" - "Be-be, black sheep."

29. In Cameroon's film Titanic, the most frequently spoken word is "Rose".

About little brothers

30. A cat falling from the 12th floor has a better chance of surviving than a cat falling from the 7th floor.

31. When Europeans first saw a giraffe, they called it a “camelback,” thinking that it was a hybrid of a camel and a leopard.

32. Animal with the most big brain in relation to the body - an ant.

33. About 70 percent of living creatures on Earth are bacteria.

34. When young, Black Sea perches are mostly girls, but by the age of 5 they radically change sex!

35. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

36. The Tokyo Zoo closes for 2 months every year so that the animals can take a break from visitors.

37. Anteaters prefer to eat termites rather than ants.

38. When a giraffe gives birth, her baby falls from a height of one and a half meters.

39. Despite the hump, the camel’s spine is straight.

40. Female dogs bite more often than male dogs.

41. Every year, more people die from bee stings than from snake bites.

42. Sharks are immune to cancer.

43. Birth control pills work on gorillas.

44. A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

45. A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.

46. ​​The animal that can go the longest without drinking is the rat.

47. The only animals that suffer from leprosy, besides humans, are armadillos.

48. Hippos are born under water.

49. Orangutans warn of aggression with loud burps.

50. A mole can dig a tunnel 76 meters long in one night.

51. A snail has about 25,000 teeth.

52. A black spider can eat up to 20 spiders a day.

53. With a lack of food, a tapeworm can eat up to 95 percent of its body weight - and nothing!

54. Crocodiles are responsible for more than 1,000 deaths on the banks of the Nile per year.

55. The ancient Egyptians taught baboons to serve them at table.

56. Saint Bernards, the famous rescuers of mountaineers, do not wear a flask of brandy around their necks.

57. It takes 4 hours to hard-boil an ostrich egg.

58. Within a pride of lions, 9/10 of the prey is supplied to the “family” by lionesses.

59. Sloths spend 75% of their lives sleeping.

60. Hummingbirds cannot walk.

61. A moth has no stomach.

62. Europeans, having arrived in Australia, asked the aborigines: “What are these strange jumping animals you have here?” The Aborigines answered: “Kangaroo,” which meant: “We don’t understand!”

63. The easiest way to distinguish a vegetarian animal from a predator: predators have eyes located on the front of the muzzle to see the prey. Vegetarians have them on both sides of their heads to see the enemy.

64. The bat is the only mammal that can fly.

65. 99% of living creatures that lived on Earth became extinct.

66. To make a kilogram of honey, a bee must fly around 2 million flowers.

67. Blood of a grasshopper white, lobster - blue.

68. The only animals that have sex for pleasure are humans and dolphins.

69. Over the past 4,000 years, not a single new animal has been domesticated.

70. Penguins can jump more than one and a half meters in height.

71. The only pet that is not mentioned in the Bible is a cat.

72. Chimpanzees are the only animals that can recognize themselves in the mirror.

73. The word “orangutan” means “jungle man” in some African languages.

74. Emu means "ostrich" in Portuguese.

75. Elephants and humans are the only mammals that can stand on their heads.

76. Crocodiles swallow stones to dive deeper.

77. Polar bears can run at a speed of 40 km/h.

78. Dogs have elbows.

About the great ones

79. “The Thinker” by Rodin - portrait Italian poet Dante.

80. Singer Nick Cave was born with a ponytail.

82. English writer Virginia Woolf I wrote most of my books standing up.

83. Sarah Bernhardt played 13-year-old Juliet at 70 years old.

84. When Walt Disney was a child, he tortured an owl. Since then, he decided to bring animals to life in cartoons.

85. Beethoven was once arrested for vagrancy.

86. Buzz Aldrin, one of the astronauts who walked on the moon, maiden name mother Moon (Moon).

87. When Einstein died, he last words died with him: the nurse did not understand German.

88. Julius Caesar wore Laurel wreath to hide the beginning of baldness.

89. D. Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

90. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, never called his mother and wife: they were both deaf.

91. Saint Patrick, the patron saint of the Irish, was not Irish.

92. Leonardo da Vinci invented an alarm clock that rubbed the feet of a sleeping person.

93. Napoleon suffered from ailurophobia - fear of cats.

94. The nose grows throughout a person’s life.

95. Only one child out of 20 is born on the day prescribed by the doctor.

96. The ancient Greeks believed that boys grow on the right side of the abdomen, and girls on the left.

97. If you remove space from all atoms human body, then what remains will be able to slip through the eye of the needle.

98. In the Middle Ages in dark spots On the moon, people saw the figure of Cain carrying an armful of brushwood.

99. A sperm is the smallest single cell in the body. The egg is the largest.

100. If only real woman had the proportions of a Barbie doll, she could only move on 4 limbs.

101. Blonde beards grow faster than dark ones.

102. In Russian and English languages there is no word for the back of the knee.

103. In the 15th century, it was believed that the color red heals. Patients wore red and surrounded themselves with red things.

104. Tongue imprints are individual for all people.

105. When you blush, your stomach turns red too.

106. There is enough body fat in the human body to make 7 bars of soap.

107. 80% of the human body’s heat leaves the head.

108. A person has fewer muscles than a caterpillar.

109. At the time of death, Lenin's brain was a quarter of normal size.

110. The world's highest IQ scores on standardized tests belong to two women.

111. Most people lose 50% of their sense of taste by age 60.

112. House dust consists of 70% shed skin.

113. The tooth is the only part of a person that lacks the ability to self-heal.

114. The brain is 80% water.

115. More living organisms live on the body of one person than there are people on Earth.

116. One hair can support a weight of 3 kg.

117. The average human head weighs 3.6 kg.

118. Over the course of his entire life, a person produces so much saliva that it would be enough for 2 large swimming pools

And a little more

119. Repellents don't repel mosquitoes - they hide you.

120. Substances contained in repellents block the receptors with which mosquitoes find their prey.

122. No sheet of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

123. Every year donkeys are killed on earth more people than die in plane crashes.

124. In your sleep you burn more calories than while watching TV.

125. The first barcoded product was Wrigleys chewing gum.

126. The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is greater than the distance of the Wright brothers' first flight.

127. American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing just one olive from the salads served to first class passengers.

128. Venus is the only planet solar system, rotating counterclockwise.

129. Apples help you wake up in the morning better than coffee.

130. The plastic things at the ends of the laces are called aiguillettes.

131. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

132. Michael Jordan received from Nike more money than all the workers in the factories of this company in Malaysia.

133. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on her feet.

134. All US presidents wore glasses. It’s just that some people didn’t like to appear in public wearing them.

135. Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.

136. Pearls dissolve in vinegar.

137. Among people who publish marriage advertisements, 35 percent are already married.

138. Three most expensive names brands on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola and Budweiser, in that order.

139. A cow can be made to go up the stairs, but it is impossible to make it go down.

140. Duck croaking does not echo, no one knows why.

141.The reason American firehouses have spiral staircases dates back to the days when pumps and other heavy objects were lifted by horses. The horses crowded below, unable to figure out how to climb the straight flights of stairs.

142. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president to have all the letters of the word “criminal” in his name.

143. The second was Bill Clinton.

144. On average, 100 people die every year from choking on a ballpoint pen.

145. 90 percent of New York taxi drivers are immigrants.

146. The elephant is the only animal that cannot jump.

147. One person in two million has a chance of living to 116 years old.

148. Women, on average, blink twice as often as men.

149. It is anatomically impossible for a person to lick his own elbow.

150. Indiana University's main library building is sinking one inch each year because engineers did not take into account the weight of the books it contained during construction.

151. Snails can sleep for up to three years.

152. Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues.

153. The lighter was invented before matches.

154. Every day, US residents eat 18 hectares of pizza.

155. Almost everyone who read this text tried to lick their elbow.

Laws happy relationship:Wise thoughts

1. Law of similarity
We always attract exactly the kind of person into our lives who we essentially ourselves are. If you are not happy with your surroundings, look into your soul. If you think that you are lucky with people, then this is only because you yourself are like that. Therefore, if you want to attract into your life worthy person, become that person.

2. Law of cause and effect
What we give is what we receive. Treat your partner the way you would like to be treated by him/her.

3. Law of love
All of us, both men and women, really need love. Love means acceptance, sincerity, tenderness, care, willingness to give and bear responsibility, reliability, selflessness, generosity. And the more we show these qualities, the more we receive in return.
Manifestations such as fear, jealousy, addiction, manipulation, control, claims, reproaches destroy relationships and have nothing to do with love.

4. The law of the power of words
You know how powerful words are. With a word you can heal, you can also kill. Watch what you say. Labels, insults, and reproaches create wounds in the soul that are difficult to heal. They have an irreversible effect. Because in the soul of every person there lives a child who experiences the fear of being rejected. Be careful not to underestimate your ability to hurt him. Use the power of words only for kind words, compliments, approval, support.

5. Law of trust
Trust is vital to truly love relationship. Without it, a person becomes suspicious, anxious and full of fears, while another feels emotionally trapped, it seems to him that he is not allowed to breathe freely. Jealousy is the fear of loneliness, low self-esteem and self-dislike. Trust is an essential element of true love.

6. The Law of Sincerity
People often assume that if you love someone, that's it - a life full of happiness lies ahead. But in fact, love is never immovable; it is like a plant that either grows and blooms, or withers and dies. It all depends on what we do with it. Sincere communication is like water; without it, a plant cannot survive. Talk to each other about your wants, needs, attitudes and feelings. Let your partner know that you love and appreciate him. Never be afraid to say three magic words: "I love you". Don't perceive good attitude to you as a matter of course. Talk about your feelings, don’t be afraid to overpraise your partner. Sincere praise, like the sun for a plant, will breathe new life into your relationship. Because in each of us there lives an inner child who vitally needs approval and acceptance.

7. The Law of Giving
To love means to give a part of yourself, without payment or reservations. If you want to receive love, all you have to do is give it. And the more you give, the more you receive. Love is like a boomerang, it always comes back. It may not always be from the person you gave it to, but it will still come back to you. And it will return a hundredfold. At the same time, it is important to remember that we have an unlimited supply of love. We don't lose it when we give it. AND the only way losing the love within us is not giving it to others.
One of the reasons why people rarely experience love is because they wait for someone else to love them first. But it's like a musician who says, "I'll only play music when people start dancing." Or wait for warmth from the fire without putting wood there. Real love unconditional, she asks for nothing in return. She does not tolerate barter. The secret formula for a happy, lifelong relationship is to always focus not on what you can take, but on what you can give.

8. The Law of Touch
Touch is one of the most powerful expressions of love, breaking down barriers and strengthening relationships. To touch a person means to touch his soul. Maybe that’s why, when we are offended by someone, we say: “Don’t touch me!”
Hug your loved one more often just like that, without a sexual motive, hold hands. The researchers conducted an experiment in a London clinic. The chief surgeon usually visited each of his patients the evening before surgery to answer questions and explain general character operations. And during the experiment, the surgeon held each patient’s hand for the few minutes he talked to him. These patients recovered three times faster than others.
When we touch someone caringly, both our physiology and theirs change - the level of stress hormones decreases, relaxation nervous system, the immune system improves, emotional condition. There is an opinion that if we don’t hug 7-8 people a day, we are doomed to illness. Touch, like nothing else, speaks eloquently to us about the manifestation of love.

9. Law of freedom
If we love someone, we need to give him freedom. Free to make his own decisions, free to live the way he wants, and not the way we want. Each of us needs our own personal space. People need to be free in relationships because otherwise they feel trapped. If you truly love someone, you need to respect their wants and needs.
It's not always easy to let someone you love go free, but there is no other way. Life wisdom tells us: than more freedom We give to another, the closer he is to us.