- The rarest type of diamond is green.
- The most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E.
- Trees do not have life expectancies (most can grown indefinitely).
- Some bears build nests in trees to sunbathe and rest.
- India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000).
- Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away.
- Chimps can develop their own fashion trends.
- Pound cake got its name from the original recipe which called for a pound of butter.
- The first taxi service began in New York in 1907.
- Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler was probably the most influential mathematician of the 18th century, making discoveries in graph theory and introducing many modern mathematical words and notations among other things.
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