- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- You can't trademark surnames.
- More people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks.
- Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones.
- Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
- Every minute about a billion tons of water falls on Earth.
- There are over 97,000 km (60,000 miles) of blood vessels in the average person.
- Your head contains 22 bones.
- Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers.
- The atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric).
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