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Interesting things/facts to know.

  There are some facts that some people call 'OMG facts', i.e. these facts are interesting things to know (OMG means 'Oh my god'/'Oh my God', so we also may write/type it as Oh my god facts or Oh my God facts). I learned tonight some very interesting facts. I don't know did you know facts like these and I'll be very glad if you share some of them or all of them with us, because, I suppose, most of us do like interesting facts, indeed.
 

Let me start with some facts of this type right now

So, let's start it with some facts of this type now.
 

Fact:  Yurt's (from Turkic) or ger's (Mongolian) crown has an interesting name:

Yurt (Turkic) or ger (Mongolian) is an interesting kind of a portable, round home (like a big tent).
The crown of the yurt (or ger) is called 'shangyrak' (and not only). Learn more now about it:
 

The wooden crown of the yurt (Mongolian: тооно, [tɔːn]; Kazakh: шаңырақ [ʃɑɴərɑ́q]; Kyrgyz: түндүк [tyndýk]; Turkmen: tüýnük) is itself emblematic in many Central Asian cultures. In old Kazakh communities, the yurt itself would often be repaired and rebuilt, but the shangyrak would remain intact, passed from father to son upon the father's death. A family's length of heritage could be measured by the accumulation of stains on the shangrak from decades of smoke passing through it. A stylized version of the crown is in the center of the coat of arms of Kazakhstan, and forms the main image on the flag of Kyrgyzstan.

Today the yurt is seen as a nationalistic symbol among many Central Asian groups, and as such, yurts may be used as cafés (especially those specialising in traditional food), museums (especially relating to national culture), and souvenir shops.

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 And more about the etymology, in Russian:

Этимология слова, как полагают, имеет индоевропейское происхождение (арьи и их предки - протоиндоевропейцы населяли большую часть территорию нынешнего Казахстана). Слово состоит из двух слов "шан", "сан", "сон" - [солнце]. Восходит к праиндоевр. *séh₂wl, ср.: лит. sáulė «солнце», латышск. saũle, др.-прусск. saule, др.-инд. svar- ср. р., вед. súvar (род. п. sū́ras) ср. р. «солнце, свет, небо», sū́ras, sū́rуаs «солнце», авест. hvarǝ (род. п. ẋvǝŋg ср. р. «солнце, солнечный свет»). И слово "дырак" англ. tear, русс. дырка, чешск. dru, dříti- [дыра], [отверстие].

Слово может отражать собой понятие, как - "отверстие для солнца", "окно для солнца". Кыргызское название - тюндук, - напротив, означает буквально "предназначенное для ночи", так как проём шанырака-тюндука закрывается на ночь.

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 Next time, if I still remember, I may write about a lake in the Russian Asia.

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 The history of science is replete with examples where the majority of scientists have been proven wrong. (But, still, the science is the best. I'm serious.)

[Alexa]

  During the 18^th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions. (The price of admission was three half-pence, or the supply of a cat or dog to be fed to the lions.)^{Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie?a#Medieval_period_and_Renaissance}

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Matheryn Naovaratpong

 
 Matheryn Naovaratpong became the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen and preserved for future revival.
 

^{Source: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-girl-who-would-live-forever}

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  It's time for that lake I promised you at the beginning. I meant lake Baikal. Its Russian name is 'Байкал' and its Mongolian name is 'Байгаль', and its Buryat name is 'Байгал'. (The Mongolian and Buryat words mean "nature", so if you translate it literally it'll be "Lake Nature").
 

Lake Baikal is the largest (by volume) freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water, and at 1,642 m (5,387 ft), the deepest. It is also among the clearest of all lakes, and thought to be the world's oldest lake at 25 million years. It is the seventh-largest lake in the world by surface area. With 23,615.39 cubic kilometres (5,700 cubic miles) of fresh water, it contains more water than that of all the Great Lakes combined.

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 The largest island in Lake Baikal is Olkhon Island.

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  I learned about the Fort Edward, which is the oldest blockhouse in North America (1750). Here (you may see it):
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