- 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
- The subject of the first printed book in England was about chess.
- In 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills.
- The first drug that was sold as a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900.
- There are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people).
- A car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.
- Greek mathematics developed from around the 7th century BC, producing many important theories thanks to great mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes.
- Snakes eat their body weight in one year.
- The first hot air balloon passengers were a sheep, duck, and rooster.
- The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953.
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