- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure..
- There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
- The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935.
- It is believed that Ancient Egyptians used complex mathematics such as algebra, arithmetic and geometry as far back as 3000 BC, such as equations to approximate the area of circles..
- In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator..
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