- The word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France.
- Chinese mathematics developed around the 11th century BC and included important concepts related to negative numbers, decimals, algebra and geometry.
- Your normal body temperature is 37C (99F).
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- Ombrophobia is the fear of rain.
- Dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas.
- Asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day.
- You take over 23,000 breaths everyday.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- The number 2 is the only number greater than zero that when added to or multiplied by itself gives you the same result (4).
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