- Ostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine.
- Fibonacci numbers are named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) who introduced them to Western Europe after they had earlier been described by Indian mathematicians. They are related to the golden ratio and proceed in the following order: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, .... Can you see the pattern?.
- A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.
- Gorillas can't swim.
- All owls lay white eggs.
- 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.
- There is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined.
- A garfish has green bones.
- Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.
- A banana contains 75% water.
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