Vitaly Babenko's book includes essays written at different times for the magazine "Around the World." The reader will experience the aromas of mysterious islands, witness floods and volcanic eruptions, follow in the footsteps of Conan Doyle's heroes and even travel back in time. And at the same time he learns where the leap years came from, how to navigate the sea by shells, when ozone holes "arose," who has tentacles with nostrils under his eyes, whether a person can scatter and fly, how many ends of the world there have already been and much, much more.