- Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car.
- The basic arithmetic operations used in mathematics are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- The only letter which doesn't appear in the Periodic Table is j.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- The term 007 was derived from 20007, the home zip code of many Washington, D.C. agents.
- Fish can cough.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- A banana contains 75% water.
- The average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches.
- In the U.S., there is an official rock, paper, scissors league.
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