- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands.
- Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee.
- The 'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator.
- The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum.
- Porsche also builds tractors.
- Hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes.
- Greek mathematician Euclid is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his revolutionary ideas and influential textbook called 'Elements' that he wrote around the year 300 BC.
- Banana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall.
- Before 1913 parents could mail their kids to Grandma's through the postal service.
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