- An Ostrich's kick can kill a lion.
- Modern day geometry has made developments in a number of areas, including those that make use of the raw computing power of today's computers.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- A hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute.
- More people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined.
- Women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944.
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
- A crocodile can't stick out its tongue.
- Born in 1777, German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss contributed brilliant work in geometry, statistics, number theories, algebra and much more.
- The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.
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