- The word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box.
- The diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles).
- Cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949.
- Christmas trees originated from Germany.
- Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who contributed to differential geometry and analysis, paving the way for the development of general relativity by Albert Einstein..
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