- Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp.
- Much of the work done by Leibniz and Newton is based on theories by French philosopher Rene Descartes. As well as his many contributions to philosophy, Descartes also had a huge impact on mathematics, creating analytical geometry, developing a system that describes geometry using algebra, contributing to optics and much more.
- Giraffes can't swim.
- The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.
- Owls can't move their eyes from side to side.
- The water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.
- Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- The skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight.
- China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys.
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