- Along with arithmetic, geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics.
- The hamburger was invented in 1900.
- Bats are the only mammals that fly.
- The average person spends two weeks of their life waiting at traffic lights.
- Rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population.
- The diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles).
- Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands.
- Blue whale tongues can weigh 8,000 pounds, or as much as an elephant, and their hearts weigh close to a ton.
- You fart on average 14 times a day, and each fart travels from your body at 7 mph.
- 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
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