- Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs.
- The human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
- Dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct.
- In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.
- German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz lived between 1646 and 1716, developing important calculus concepts and mathematical notation practices.
- About 1/3 of your taste buds are numbed while flying.
- A cats urine glows under a blacklight.
- Phantom rain are raindrops that never reach the ground.
- Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill.
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