- A blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating.
- There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia.
- In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas.
- 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?.
- A suction cup will not work in outer space.
- A crocodile cannot move its tongue.
- The subject of the first printed book in England was about chess.
- John Kellogg invented corn flakes.
- Earth's sky is purple, our eyes just see it as blue.
- 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households).
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