- Coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218C (400 - 425F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast).
- Snakes eat their body weight in one year.
- There are 21.
- The shortest war in history lasted for only 38 minutes.
- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
- It takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- The fastest fish in the sea is the swordfish and can reach up to speeds of 108kph (68mph, 59knots).
- The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it.
- It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.
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