- Greek mathematician Euclid is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his revolutionary ideas and influential textbook called 'Elements' that he wrote around the year 300 BC..
- Nintendo first produced playing cards.
- Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country.
- That in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion).
- Australia was originally called New Holland.
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