- Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) lived between the years 1170 and 1250 and is best known today for Fibonacci numbers, the number sequence named after him. Fibonacci introduced the number sequence to Western Europe in his book 'Liber Abaci' after they had been described earlier by Indian mathematicians.
- The hardest substance in the human body is enamel.
- Lion's can't roar until the age of 2.
- 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy.
- Strawberries taste sweeter at room temperature.
- The basic arithmetic operations used in mathematics are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935.
- Hawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900.
- Warthogs live for 15 years.
- The fear of vegetables is called lachanophobia.
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