- There are 132 rooms in the US White House.
- A group of rhinos is called a crash.
- The Snapple name combines the words Snappy and Apple.
- Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) lived between the years 1170 and 1250 and is best known today for Fibonacci numbers, the number sequence named after him. Fibonacci introduced the number sequence to Western Europe in his book 'Liber Abaci' after they had been described earlier by Indian mathematicians.
- The average cat can jump 5 times as high as its tail is long.
- In South Korea, a baby is considered 1 year old at birth.
- Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'.
- Agoraphobia is the fear of wide open spaces.
- Despite its hump, a camel has a straight spine.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
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