- Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.
- German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz lived between 1646 and 1716, developing important calculus concepts and mathematical notation practices.
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
- 60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day.
- No number from one to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.
- The Hindu-Arabic numeral system began developing as early as the 1st century with a full system being established around the 9th century, forming the basis of the numerical digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 that we use today.
- Agoraphobia is the fear of wide open spaces.
- The average porcupine has 30,000 spikes.
- 'orology' is the study of mountains.
- Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms.
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