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August 5 - International Traffic Light Day🚦
🔋The first electric traffic light was invented by Lester Wire from the USA in 1912. It was a device with two signals, red and green, but its invention was never patented.
August 4 - Speleologist's Day
Every year on August 4, representatives of a rather rare profession celebrate their professional holiday.
August 3 - World Watermelon Day
Summer is the peak season of watermelons. It is a sweet, refreshing, low-calorie and healthy product. Today we have collected interesting facts about watermelon for you)
August 1 - Birthday Jason Namakeaha Momoa
Joseph Jason Namakeaha Momoa is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer of Hawaiian descent. He became famous for the roles of militant heroes in fantastic action and fantasy films, such as "Conan the Barbarian", "Game of Thrones", "Aquaman", "Stargate: Atlantis", "Fast and Furious 10", "Fast and Furious 11".The actor turns 44 years old)
July 28 - International Tiger Day🐯
Today we will tell you about the striped predators of our planet.🙂 😥There are less than seven thousand tigers left in the world. At the moment, without exception, all tiger species are listed in the Red Book, and hunting for them is prohibited all over the world.
July 28 - Fingerprints are used for the first time
William Herschel, who served in India in 1853-1878, was the first European who decided to use fingerprints for search purposes.
July 25 - Carousel Day🎠
📜The holiday was created by the National Carousel Association of the USA in honor of the registration of the first patent for the design of a carousel in 1871 by William Schneider.It is said that the earliest known image of a carousel originated in the Byzantine Empire in 500 AD.
July 22 - World Brain Day.🧠
Below we have collected 10 interesting facts that will help you learn a little more about him.
June 20 - World Chess Day
🕌It is known that this sport was born in India. It was a war game in which a board and grains were used to replace the pieces.
Marilyn Monroe's First Movie Auditions
On July 19, 1946, Norma Jean came to the film audition at the film studio "XX century-Fox" and a few years later the whole world will know under the name of Marilyn Monroe. But it won't be for a while yet, but for now a 20-year-old girl with an open look and a mischievous smile was pretty worried before the first pass in front of the camera in her life. Photo below)