- Mathematical developments increased rapidly around the time of the Italian Renaissance in the 16th century and continued through the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, becoming increasingly abstract in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- It takes an interaction of 72 muscles to produce human speech.
- After bananas a zoo gorilla's favorite food is celery.
- Emus can't walk backwards.
- The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935.
- Blue and white are the most common school colors.
- Coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218C (400 - 425F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast).
- Hawaiian pizza was actually created in Canada.
- Heat, not sunlight, ripens tomatoes.
- That after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold.
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