- The Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700.
- Every year the sun loses 360 million tons.
- More than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun.
- Chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.
- Brazil is named after a tree.
- The hardest substance in the human body is enamel.
- 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?.
- The alchemy symbol for water is an inverted triangle, resembling a cup or glass.
- Snakes can't blink.
- The game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920.
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