- If left in the dark, goldfish may turn a whitish color.
- The night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans.
- Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962.
- The odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1.
- 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.
- The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons.
- German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz lived between 1646 and 1716, developing important calculus concepts and mathematical notation practices.
- There are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
- Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.
- The 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White and the seven dwarfs).
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