- Minus 40C is exactly the same temperature as minus 40F.
- New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline.
- In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator..
- The 'black box' that houses an airplanes voice recorder is actually orange so it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash.
- The wheelbarrow is invented in China.
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