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Helminthophobia is the fear of worms. An area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles. A camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm. More than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun. Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) lived between the years 1170 and 1250 and is best known today for Fibonacci numbers, the number sequence named after him. Fibonacci introduced the number sequence to Western Europe in his book 'Liber Abaci' after they had been described earlier by Indian mathematicians. Bamboo makes up 99% of a panda's diet. Jellyfish can clone themselves. In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac. A nanosecond is one billionth of a second. There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year. reload more facts