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Hippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick. You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other. Out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man. The dishwasher was invented in 1889. Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia. 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. Brontology is the study of thunder. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour. Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air. A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones. reload more facts