- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- Each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die.
- The coloured part of your eye is called the iris.
- There are over 900,000 known species of insects.
- Honey is the only natural food which never spoils.
- Tigers have striped skin as well as fur.
- Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
- Elvis's middle name was Aron.
- There is a 50% chance that in a group of 23 people, two will share the same birthday. In a group of 367 people, it is a 100% chance. But only 70 people are required for a 99.9% chance.
- The movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5 million going towards actor's salaries.
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