- There are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk.
- Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the world's almonds.
- Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3.
- Warthogs live for 15 years.
- Much of the work done by Leibniz and Newton is based on theories by French philosopher Rene Descartes. As well as his many contributions to philosophy, Descartes also had a huge impact on mathematics, creating analytical geometry, developing a system that describes geometry using algebra, contributing to optics and much more.
- Ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail).
- The first James Bond movie was called 'Dr. No'.
- There are 2 credit cards for every person in the US.
- Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
- The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935.
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