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Instant coffee was invented in 1901. The odds of being struck by lightning are one in 15,300 in your lifetime. The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters. It was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland. The fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h)). Every living thing on the Earth contains carbon. A Greek mathematician named Euclid who lived around the year 300 BC is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his amazing geometry works that included the influential 'Elements', which remained the main textbook for teaching mathematics until around the early 20th century. Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air. The yoke of an Ostrich egg is the largest cell in the world. You can't hum while plugging your nose. reload more facts