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Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity. Mathematical developments increased rapidly around the time of the Italian Renaissance in the 16th century and continued through the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, becoming increasingly abstract in the 19th and 20th centuries. Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms). The D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia. Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air. No two spider webs are the same. The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer. Beavers were once the size of bears. Armadillos can walk underwater. On your birthday you share it with 9 million others. reload more facts