Facts

We sometimes think that actors and actresses just need to be able to portray what the script says and follow the director’s orders. But many creative people have their own vision of how their characters should behave. And sometimes, these ideas make the end result much better.

The main task of an advertising photographer is to present the product as well as possible. Many effects are difficult to achieve solely with the right lighting and good composition. That’s why professionals often go to great lengths to make food and drink appear more appetizing, and the effects of cosmetic products more apparent.

For many people, participants and winners of beauty contests are role models but may represent unattainable ideals of beauty. Some people even believe that stereotype that these girls always look perfect and have their “smokey eyes” makeup with great hair 7 days a week. But in real life, they have more low-maintenance days without their makeup just like everyone else, reminding us that they are ordinary people like us.

Nowadays, it’s really hard to surprise people since they have a smartphone connected to the Internet, which is a source of limitless information. So, usually, our full attention is drawn to it, and we often tend not to notice curious things that happen around us. But the heroes of our article got a chance to look away from the screen of their phone and suddenly discovered something really interesting.

We should thank the scientists, who work in the space industry, for many technological achievements. This happens because people need different complex devices to live and work outside Earth. Later, these inventions get adapted to everyday needs. Thanks to space exploration, we have vacuum cleaners, dental braces, hair straighteners, and many other useful things.

A playing card stuck to a bank door, a chair with super extended arms, and a weirdly shaped toilet bowl — you can only find answers to mysterious things like these from people on the Internet. After all, you can find a vast amount of information about our world online.

Probably very few people have never worn underwear. Even cavemen used to protect the intimate parts of their bodies with a piece of cloth, and there were collections of loincloths found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs. There are many curious facts about underwear we had no idea about, so we conducted a small study and would like to share its results with you.

It’s impossible to argue with the fact that all jobs are important. We see people specialize in different things every day. They could be doctors, school teachers, cashiers, or cleaners. All jobs contain things that outsiders have no idea about.

Movies and TV shows centered around different professions often become viewers’ favorites. They can easily transfer us to a noisy office of a law firm, a hospital full of patients in need of a talented doctor’s help, or right onto the beach where brave and beautiful lifeguards are always ready to save lives. But sometimes the images these movies and TV series create are way too far from the reality that people doing these jobs actually face.

Unfortunately, nature surprises us not only with some amazing creatures but also with dangerous ones. And we can cross paths with them in seemingly safe places. Not everyone knows that even an ordinary ladybug may be dangerous or that caterpillars can cause skin irritation.

In the world of filmmaking, the makeup department is as important as any other team because, thanks to them, you can reflect the right identity of any character. Professionals of this branch perform quite detailed work and even apply new techniques, if necessary, to make the characters as real as possible.

When we think about the lives of women in the ancient world, we have 2 conflicting images: a powerful ruler of a huge empire, and a powerless family member who has to do what men tell her. But the truth is somewhere in between, and in the past, women could live somewhat like we do, or in a very different way.

The world is huge, and every single person in it asks dozens of questions about it. Even though the answers might not be very important, they’re still interesting. For example, why some people are annoyed by slurping and others aren’t, why older people can’t sleep for a long time, and many other things.

Perhaps, as teenagers, each of us was lazily turning the pages of our chemistry, physics, or biology books thinking, “Why would I need this subject in my life? I am not going to become a scientist after all.” But the connection between these interesting sciences and everyday life is actually there and we can be sure of that once again thanks to these finds from internet users.

We all have a little explorer in us, curious to see something new in the world around us. Luckily, our planet always seems to find new ways to surprise its inhabitants.

When we think of gladiators, Ridley Scott’s historical drama, starring Russell Crowe, comes to mind right away. This film shows them entering the arena only by force, gladiators are not trained in any way, and are immediately forced to fight. We’ve compiled 13 facts that debunk these myths and shed light on how gladiators actually lived and battled.

The world is so big; even if we read a lot of books and articles, there is still always more to learn. For example, few people know that pistachios can start burning on their own, and Mona Lisa has her own mailbox.

Many actors are so strongly connected to their famous characters that it’s hard to imagine anyone else in their roles. For example, Alien would have been a very different movie with Meryl Streep in it instead of Sigourney Weaver. Not all actors reject roles because they don’t want to take part in a project. And some movies would have probably not been as successful if they had been released with the originally intended cast.

We don’t pay a lot of attention to everyday things. What can be so interesting about a simple shirt or a pack of juice? But, as it turns out, some details in ordinary things can make their owners’ lives easier. Or at least has some unusual story behind it.

Fashion is the mirror of time. The values and standards of the time they are worn in are captured in fashion. Noble French, British, and Spanish women of the past amaze us with the beauty of their dresses. But few people know that the dresses from noble people of the past had their own little secrets.