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The smallest country in the world takes up .2 square miles: Vatican City. Hippopotamuses are born under water. It takes 50 minutes to soft boil and two hours to hard boil an ostrich egg. Salt used to be a currency. The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953. The dishwasher was invented in 1889. 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. The average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches. In France, it's illegal for employers to send emails after work hours. A group of goats is called a trip. reload more facts