- Giraffes can grow more than 18 feet tall.
- Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.
- The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
- August has the highest percentage of births.
- 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.
- Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who contributed to differential geometry and analysis, paving the way for the development of general relativity by Albert Einstein.
- New York's Central Park was opened in 1876.
- A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- Moths have no stomach.
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