- The coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity.
- Snails can sleep for up to three years.
- Greek mathematics developed from around the 7th century BC, producing many important theories thanks to great mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes.
- The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
- A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers.
- More than 75% of all countries are north of the equator.
- That the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles.
- Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car.
- The Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service.
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
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