- 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.
- Less than 20% of shark attacks are fatal.
- The Moons diameter is 3,476km.
- 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
- Perth is Australia's windiest city.
- You will experience the billionth seconds of your life when you are 31 years old.
- Spiders are arachnids and not insects.
- Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930.
- The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
- Frogs never drink.
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