- There are more fake than real flamingos.
- Emus can't walk backwards.
- Reindeer like bananas.
- The $ sign was introduced in 1788.
- According to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes.
- At birth dalmations are always white.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
- A car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.
- You will experience the billionth seconds of your life when you are 31 years old.
- The smallest ten prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and 29.
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