- The number 2 is the only number greater than zero that when added to or multiplied by itself gives you the same result (4).
- Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air.
- Modern day geometry has made developments in a number of areas, including those that make use of the raw computing power of today's computers.
- A moth has no stomach.
- Peru has more pyramids than Egypt.
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
- The most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E.
- There are only 3 sets of letters on a keyboard which are in alphabetical order (f g h, j k l, and o p).
- Born in 1882, Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
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