- Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.
- A rat can tread water for 3 days.
- In 2015, the Oxford word of the year was the tears of joy emoji.
- A male baboon can kill a leopard.
- Blue flames are the hottest, reaching temps up to 3,000 degrees Celsius.
- 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?.
- Emus can't walk backwards.
- 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands.
- Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.
- The largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily.
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