- The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
- When water freezes it expans by 9%.
- In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47.
- The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake.
- 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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