- The smallest country in the world takes up .2 square miles: Vatican City.
- The Basenji is a dog that yodels instead of barking.
- MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
- Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13.
- Crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones.
- Both green and black tea come from leaves of the same tree.
- There are over 80,000 different species of ants.
- Out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man.
- Born in 1882, Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
- Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child.
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