- The statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.
- The numerical digits we use today such as 1, 2 and 3 are based on the Hindu-Arabic numeral system developed over 1000 years ago.
- Heavy raindrops are shaped like hamburger buns.
- Triscadecaphobia is the fear of the number 13.
- A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall.
- Coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world.
- A shrimp has 5 pairs of legs.
- Hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes.
- Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.
- 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.
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