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There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous). Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers. There are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold. A Greek mathematician named Euclid who lived around the year 300 BC is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his amazing geometry works that included the influential 'Elements', which remained the main textbook for teaching mathematics until around the early 20th century. The spiral shapes of sunflowers follow the Fibonacci sequence. Snails can sleep for up to three years. Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms). The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands. reload more facts