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Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador. Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys. An area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles. Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2. Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms. In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. There is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world. The Statue of Liberty features 7 points in her crown- one for each of the continents. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over completely. reload more facts