- Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock.
- A banana contains 75% water.
- 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.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14)..
- The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years.
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