- Mathematical developments increased rapidly around the time of the Italian Renaissance in the 16th century and continued through the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, becoming increasingly abstract in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- The number 1 reason why people purchase a mobile phone is for safety.
- The human eye blinks over 4,200,000 times a year.
- The first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON.
- Volleyball was invented in 1895.
- All the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
- A blue whale's heart beats just twice a minute when it dives.
- Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country.
- M*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'.
- Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
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