- After bananas a zoo gorilla's favorite food is celery.
- 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.
- That in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- The snow on Venus is metal.
- Ostrich Eggs can support the weight of a grown man.
- The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
- Sea Lions have rhythm. They are the only animal able to clap to a beat.
- Gorillas burp when they are happy.
- Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms).
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