- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550).
- A female ferret is called a jill.
- Fibonacci numbers are named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) who introduced them to Western Europe after they had earlier been described by Indian mathematicians. They are related to the golden ratio and proceed in the following order: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, .... Can you see the pattern?.
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