- Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- India has over 50 million monkeys.
- Some perfumes actually have whale poo in them.
- The US is the world's largest consumer of coffee.
- Born in 1882, Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
- Tachophobia is the fear of speed.
- More people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks.
- New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843.
- Draughts (checkers) is older than chess.
- You can cut a pie into 8 pieces with only three cuts.
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