- A Greek mathematician named Euclid who lived around the year 300 BC is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his amazing geometry works that included the influential 'Elements', which remained the main textbook for teaching mathematics until around the early 20th century.
- The ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck.
- Lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute.
- Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music.
- In American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items.
- Rice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds population.
- Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high.
- An area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles.
- Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
- Men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women.
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