- Aichmophobia is the fear of needles and pointed objects.
- Camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes.
- The hottest chile in the world is the habanero.
- There are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game.
- The Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service.
- Toads only eat moving prey.
- The first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252.
- 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.
- Before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada.
- OMG was added to dictionaries in 2011, but it's first known use was in 1917.
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