- The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent the 100 ways to cook an egg.
- The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
- Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) lived between the years 1170 and 1250 and is best known today for Fibonacci numbers, the number sequence named after him. Fibonacci introduced the number sequence to Western Europe in his book 'Liber Abaci' after they had been described earlier by Indian mathematicians.
- The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913.
- In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator.
- If you lick someone's elbow and they aren't paying attention, they will not notice it.
- Tree hugging is forbidden in china.
- You can tell what a narwhal has eaten each year based on the layers of its tusk.
- From space the brightest man made place is Las Vegas.
- The longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes.
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