1) The term red carpet was coined in 458 BC by the Athenian writer Aeschylus. Red carpets are used on special occasions. Kings, movie stars walk on them (for example, during the entrance to the Oscar gala in Hollywood).

2) Mirrors were placed in women’s graves in ancient Turkey. It was probably believed that mirrors have special properties, for example, they can show the future and help understand the world of the dead.

3) The word trivia in different languages? In German: Kleinigkeiten, in Polish: ciekawostki, in French: futilités, in Italian: curiosità.

4) Mushrooms are dried not only by humans, but also by squirrels. They bring mushrooms to their hollow or nest or hang them on the branches of trees.

5) A 17-year-old young man from Sieradz in Poland, Antek Cierplikowski (1884-1976) after moving to Paris became a famous master of hairdressing, called the king of hairdressers. Antoine de Paris (that was his nickname) was visited by the famous inhabitants of Paris. It was he who in 1909 initiated the women’s “tomboy” hairstyle. The first woman he cut his hair like this was Coco Chanel.

6) Happy Skyscraper has been traveling around the world since 2012. The smiling traveler was photographed in 700 cities around the world in 70 countries. It is the symbolic seat of the Good Humor Party. This international organization through its activities would like people to smile more often.

7) In the village of Nieciecza in Poland, there are 700 people. There is an impressive football stadium, which can accommodate 6.5 times more fans in the stands than there are inhabitants in Nieciecza. The silhouette of the stadium can be seen far beyond the village.

8) A mosquito lives only a few weeks. Unfortunately long enough to annoy a lot of people.

9) 100 seconds – only that much time is needed for a caricaturist from Poland, Szczepan Sadurski, to draw one caricature. In the last 10 years, he has created over 50,000 cheerful portraits in Poland and other countries. Media reports that Sadurski from Karykatury.com is one of the fastest caricaturists in the world.

10) When in the 19th century in Western Europe girls were taught how to sew and cook, a Polish woman, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, was the first woman to graduate from the Sorbonne in Paris, at the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.

If you are interested in the Good Humor Party, you can easily find information about it on the Internet. Membership fee: 3 smiles a day. There are many funny parties, but only one is cheerful!