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In 1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world's first national park. The ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck. Cats have over 100 vocal chords. Fibonacci numbers are named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) who introduced them to Western Europe after they had earlier been described by Indian mathematicians. They are related to the golden ratio and proceed in the following order: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, .... Can you see the pattern?. The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense. A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturdays. Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor. When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit). Ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail). reload more facts