- That in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion).
- The Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.
- Hawaiian pizza was actually created in Canada.
- Your foot and your forearm are the same length.
- The average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day.
- The familiar smell of rain is called petrichor.
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
- African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words.
- 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean.
- Here is Pi written to 100 decimal places:
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751
058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679.
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