- 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.
- Snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise).
- An elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water.
- You fart on average 14 times a day, and each fart travels from your body at 7 mph.
- Gorillas burp when they are happy.
- The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
- There are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park.
- There are over 130 species of owl.
- A crocodile can't move its tongue.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
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