- Isaac Newton discovered the laws of physics and brought together many important concepts of infinitesimal calculus.
- Gorillas burp when they are happy.
- There are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people).
- Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who contributed to differential geometry and analysis, paving the way for the development of general relativity by Albert Einstein.
- More people are killed from bees than snakes.
- The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913.
- Phantom rain are raindrops that never reach the ground.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month.
- The longest attack of hiccups lasted 68 years.
- New born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206).
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