- Greek mathematics developed from around the 7th century BC, producing many important theories thanks to great mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes.
- The first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252.
- The tea bag was invented in 1908.
- DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data.
- Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
- 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey.
- 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.
- A fly's reaction time is 30 milliseconds.
- OMG was added to dictionaries in 2011, but it's first known use was in 1917.
- The longest attack of hiccups lasted 68 years.
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