- Born in 1882, Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
- The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
- Tachophobia is the fear of speed.
- Cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h (43mp/h) in 3 seconds.
- If a Donkey and a Zebra have a baby, it is called a Zonkey.
- Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away.
- Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child.
- All of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast.
- The longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is 'lollipop'.
- A 'googolplex' is the number 1 followed by a googol zeros, a number so ridiculously big that it can't be written because there literally isn't enough room in the entire universe to fit it in!.
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