- VHS stands for Video Home System.
- 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
- Spiders have transparent blood.
- Monopoly is the most played board game in the world.
- The first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900.
- The aphid insect is born pregnant.
- The first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252.
- Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport in the early 1900s.
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