- 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.
- The Empire State Building in New York weighs over 365,000 tons.
- Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs.
- Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.
- The most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb.
- Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.
- Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13.
- There are over 7,000 different types of apples.
- The Snapple name combines the words Snappy and Apple.
- Wind moves air from high to low pressure areas.
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