- The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
- Draughts (checkers) is older than chess.
- The tentacles of the giant arctic jellyfish can reach 36.6 meters (120 feet).
- More people are allergic to cows milk than any other food.
- Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years.
- A jiffy is an actual time measurement equaling 1/100th of a second.
- A crocodile can't move its tongue.
- The worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba.
- Fibonacci numbers are named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) who introduced them to Western Europe after they had earlier been described by Indian mathematicians. They are related to the golden ratio and proceed in the following order: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, .... Can you see the pattern?.
- Before emojis, there were emoticons, which are icons created from keyboard characters.
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