- 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
- Ostriches have a powerful immune system.
- Modern mathematics has advanced greatly thanks to the incredible computing power of today's computers.
- Not a single number has the letter "b" in it until you reach a billion.
- The Earth experiences over 50,000 earthquakes a year.
- The Statue of Liberty features 7 points in her crown- one for each of the continents.
- The fear of vegetables is called lachanophobia.
- The Cookie Monster's real first name is Sid.
- A squid has 10 tentacles.
- Mathematical developments increased rapidly around the time of the Italian Renaissance in the 16th century and continued through the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, becoming increasingly abstract in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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