- The 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years.
- The hydrochloric acid in the human stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail.
- The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 by Robert Green. He was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream and carbonated water at a celebration in Philadelphia. He ran out of cream and substituted ice cream.
- The idiom "pillar of salt" means to have a stroke, or to become paralysed and dead.
- The Imperial Throne of Japan has been occupied by the same family for the last thirteen hundred years.
- The Incas and the Aztecs were able to function without the wheel.
- The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
- The inhabitants of Monaco are known as 'Monegasques'.
- The inhabitants of Papa New Guinea speak about 700 languages, approximately 15% of the world's total - including localised dialects, which are known to change from village to village.
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