- There are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte.
- Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal.
- Household dust is made of dead skin cells.
- Greek mathematics developed from around the 7th century BC, producing many important theories thanks to great mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes.
- A cats urine glows under a blacklight.
- MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 (the first music video shown 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles).
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- From space the brightest man made place is Las Vegas.
- Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961.
- A typical cough is 60 mph while a sneeze is often faster than 100 mph.
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