- German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz lived between 1646 and 1716, developing important calculus concepts and mathematical notation practices.
- The US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states).
- The total mass of ants on the planet would actually outweigh all of the world’s wild birds and mammals.
- The average person sheds .7kg (1.5 pounds) of skin each year.
- The first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand.
- Sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away.
- Onions are part of the lily family.
- The average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a lifetime.
- Worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15.
- The spiral shapes of sunflowers follow the Fibonacci sequence.
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