- Born in 1953, British mathematician Andrew Wiles is most famous for proving Fermat's Last Theorem.
- Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- The word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards.
- Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs.
- All of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20.
- Helminthophobia is the fear of worms.
- Wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light.
- Men have 10% more red blood cells than women.
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