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Origin of Courage

The word 'courage' comes from the Latin word 'cor', which means heart.

Trivia: #66071

8000 is the approximate number of mirror squares the biggest disco ball in the world had in 2006.

Cat Fact: #84319

The biggest wildcat today is the Siberian Tiger. It can be more than 12 feet (3.6 m) long (about the size of a small car) and weigh up to 700 pounds (317 kg).

Honeybees make collective decisions for resilience

Honeybees can collectively make group decisions that optimize their resilience as a colony.

Harper Lee: One-Hit Wonder

Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was the only novel she ever published.

Oldest Religion: Hinduism

The world's oldest known religion is believed to be Hinduism, which dates back to around 4000 BCE.

Useless Fact: #93374

Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year in horse racing.

The Love Hormone

Oxytocin, known as the 'love hormone', is released when hugging someone you care about.

Aristotle's Philosophy

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Trivia: #92431

140 is liters of water needed to produce 1 cup of coffee.

Cat Fact: #24209

Perhaps the most famous comic cat is the Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. With the ability to disappear, this mysterious character embodies the magic and sorcery historically associated with cats.

Trivia: #41703

205 is the world speed record (mph) of a car on ice.

Useless Fact: #51442

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

Useless Fact: #92657

Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.

Useless Fact: #34165

Cats urine glows under a black light.

Trivia: #27907

40 is the number of thieves in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and in Ali Shar and Zumurrud, from Thousand and One Nights.

Trivia: #92781

194 is the NHL record number of saves, set by Bruce Sutter in 1982.

The Power of Collaboration

Many successful collaborations have resulted in groundbreaking innovations that have shaped the modern world.

Trivia: #54882

9 is the number of circles of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy.

Trivia: #96941

0 is the coldest possible temperature old the Kelvin scale.

Useless Fact: #53865

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other

Dr. Seuss faced 27 rejections before getting his first book published

The famous children's author Dr. Seuss had his first book rejected by publishers 27 times before it was finally published.

The Power of Self-Discipline

In a study, it was found that self-discipline is a better predictor of academic success than intelligence.

Trivia: #96482

118 is the atomic number of the element Ununoctium.

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