- Along with arithmetic, geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics.
- Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our solar system with no moon.
- 80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects.
- On the average there are 8 peas in a pod.
- The fastest fish in the sea is the swordfish and can reach up to speeds of 108kph (68mph, 59knots).
- Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year.
- Horses can't vomit.
- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
- The study of insects is called entomology.
- The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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