- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- Tomatoes are considered both fruits and vegetablesu2014the answer depends on whom you ask.
- Australia is the only country that is also a continent.
- Men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women.
- Nintendo first produced playing cards.
- If left in the dark, goldfish may turn a whitish color.
- The Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons.
- Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.
- 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer.
- The spiral shapes of sunflowers follow the Fibonacci sequence.
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