- The Nobel Peace Prize is named for Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
- A caterpillar has more muscles than a human.
- Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones.
- The US produces 19% of the world's trash.
- Paper originated from China.
- Your normal body temperature is 37C (99F).
- Snakes can't blink.
- Your skin is the largest organ making up the human body.
- Much of the work done by Leibniz and Newton is based on theories by French philosopher Rene Descartes. As well as his many contributions to philosophy, Descartes also had a huge impact on mathematics, creating analytical geometry, developing a system that describes geometry using algebra, contributing to optics and much more.
- More people are allergic to cows milk than any other food.
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