- The human body has over 600 muscles (40% of the bodys weight).
- More people are allergic to cows milk than any other food.
- Modern day geometry has made developments in a number of areas, including those that make use of the raw computing power of today's computers.
- The first taxi service began in New York in 1907.
- A 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and played a large role in the history of geometry including a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers.
- The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
- The expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
- There are 2 chickens for every person.
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