- A honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph).
- Ancient Egyptians used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.
- M*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'.
- The chicken is the closest living relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
- Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day.
- Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees.
- Chinese mathematics developed around the 11th century BC and included important concepts related to negative numbers, decimals, algebra and geometry.
- The summer solstice marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the year.
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