- Orange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world.
- Much of the work done by Leibniz and Newton is based on theories by French philosopher Rene Descartes. As well as his many contributions to philosophy, Descartes also had a huge impact on mathematics, creating analytical geometry, developing a system that describes geometry using algebra, contributing to optics and much more.
- It is not possible to tickle yourself.
- The odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month.
- Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands.
- The game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920.
- The air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.
- A group of rhinos is called a crash.
- In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
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