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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. African elephants only have 4 teeth. The human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year. Children grow faster during springtime. Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler was probably the most influential mathematician of the 18th century, making discoveries in graph theory and introducing many modern mathematical words and notations among other things. The most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E. There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785. The oldest word in the English language is 'town'. reload more facts