- At the deepest point in the ocean, the water pressure is equivalent to having about 50 jumbo jets piled on top of you.
- You brain weights 2% of your body weight though uses 20% of all oxygen you breathe and 15% of the bodys blood supply.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and played a large role in the history of geometry including a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- Chimps can develop their own fashion trends.
- Once a women reachs the age of 30 they lose 1% of their bone mass every year thereafter (by the time a women is 50 she will have lost 20%).
- A housefly hums in the key of F.
- 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 smallest ten prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and 29.
- Golf was the first sport to be played on the moon.
- The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days.
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