• In Korea, those 9 months that the baby is in the womb of the mother, are brought into the age. Therefore, Korean children are always one year older than their peers from other countries, although there is no physical difference in age.

The expression "whipping boy" came from England. In the 15-18 centuries. here they raised the crown princes and punished for the wrongdoings themselves (they were strictly forbidden to beat royalty), but special boys who were brought up with them. As practice showed, this punishment was very effective: since the prince was not usually allowed to play with anyone other than the whipping boy, the children had a close emotional connection.

 

• In the 17th century, Louis XIV decided to take care of the education of his son and issued a decree to prepare a training library of Roman and Greek classics, cleared of obscenities and adapted to children's perceptions. There were so many books that the work was completed in 28 years when his son no longer needed it.

 

• In the plastic, from which the details of the Lego constructor are made, a special substance is added, which is well displayed on X-rays. This is done specifically in case the child swallows the part.

 

• April 15, 1987, in America officially disappeared seven million children. This was due to the requirement to identify children, thanks to which citizens were entitled to pay fewer taxes. Before that, it was possible to put any number of children in the "dependents" column, and the tax authorities believed in the word.

 

 

• The expression "and the hedgehog clear" became popular due to Soviet boarding schools for gifted children. Children who already had experience in the non-standard program, studied in classes A, B, C, D, D, and newcomers were identified in classes E, M, I. Feeling superior, more experienced children called the new "hedgehogs" and bantered over them: "This is a no-brainer, it's not like that!"

 

• In the US in recent years, it has become very popular to give children names in honor of famous brands. So, girls are often called "Chanel" and "Armani", and boys - "Nike" and "Lexus".

 

• If the mother's blood group I, father II, and the child is born unexpectedly with III, this does not mean that he is from another father. The blood group of the child either coincides with a group of one of the parents, or equal to the sum of their blood groups.

 

• In China, because of the overpopulation of the country, families are forbidden to have more than one child. Therefore, many Chinese couples, guided by the principle "if only a child, then a boy", interrupted the pregnancy, if the ultrasound showed the girl. As a result, now in China, the catastrophic shortage of women - they are 20 million fewer than men.