- Instant coffee was invented in 1901.
- An AA battery with no charge remaining will not bounce when dropped.
- The atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric).
- A very small raindrop can travel up to 7 minutes from the sky before reaching you.
- It takes around 200 muscles to take a step.
- The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
- 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.
- Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color.
- In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas.
- The first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252.
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