- John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars.
- Fibonacci numbers are named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) who introduced them to Western Europe after they had earlier been described by Indian mathematicians. They are related to the golden ratio and proceed in the following order: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, .... Can you see the pattern?.
- It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa.
- Paper originated from China.
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- In 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills.
- A sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph).
- Dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow.
- The average person sheds .7kg (1.5 pounds) of skin each year.
- A 'googolplex' is the number 1 followed by a googol zeros, a number so ridiculously big that it can't be written because there literally isn't enough room in the entire universe to fit it in!.
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