- The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco.
- Scorpions glow under ultra violet light.
- Flushable toilets were in use in ancient Rome.
- The average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54.
- The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
- A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry.
- A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall.
- A standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats.
- Denver sits at 5,280 feet elevation (1 mile above sea level).
- 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.
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