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- DNA is composed of four nucleobases: adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
- The Eiffel Tower was the tallest man-made structure in the world until the completion of the Chrysler Building in 1930.
- Pythagoras’ theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
- The piano has 88 keys.
- Antarctica is the coldest continent; it once reached -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
- William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and 39 plays.
- The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci, has no eyebrows. The longest river in the world is the Nile in Africa.
- The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.
- The loudest animal in the world is the sperm whale.
- The largest desert on earth is the Antarctic desert.
- The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth.
- The sun is approximately 93 million miles away from the earth.
- The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world’s oceans.
- The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
- The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing, Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.
- Queen Elizabeth II is currently the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
- Avocado has the highest protein content of all fruit.
- Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” has been translated into every major language and is performed more often than any other play.
- The Maunder Minimum is the name given to the period roughly from 1645 to 1715, when sunspots became exceedingly rare.
- The world’s largest diamond, the Cullinan, was found in South Africa in 1905.
- The universe is believed to be approximately 13.8 billion years old.
