- 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 human eye blinks over 4,200,000 times a year.
- One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.
- From space the brightest man made place is Las Vegas.
- At birth a Dalmatian is always pure white.
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
- The first taxi service began in New York in 1907.
- A male baboon can kill a leopard.
- Elephants are the only mammal that can't jump.
- The Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.
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