- The compass and straight edge were powerful tools in the advancement of geometry, allowing the construction of various lengths, angles and geometric shapes.
- India is home to over 200 million cows.
- You might have heard the word 'infinity' before or seen its symbol that looks like the number 8 placed on its side. Infinity means a limitless quantity or something that goes on forever. While it's not really a number like 1, 2 or 3, infinity is often used in math as part of equations and formulas.
- The vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words.
- It takes 1 week to make a jelly bean.
- Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
- An AA battery with no charge remaining will not bounce when dropped.
- Not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks).
- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953.
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