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Ken Jennings exploded onto the 'Jeopardy!' scene in 2004, when he won an astonishing 74 games in a row, earning more than $2.5 million dollars! Jennings, a software engineer from Utah, had this to say in an interview: ‘I had a sudden wave of euphoria when I realized I got to go home and tell people I won on ‘Jeopardy!’’

Whilst it might be alright to slurp, there’s a whole list of things which are a definite no-go in Japan – passing food between chopsticks being top of the list. Along with leaving the chopsticks stuck upright in a bowl of rice, these practices have connotations associated with funeral rites in Japan, which naturally diners don’t wish to be reminded of. They are considered very impolite.

Math can be downright interesting! For example, most mathematical equations were written in words before the 16th century! Could you imagine what that must have looked like?! Speaking of which, did you know that ‘Forty’ is the only number that is spelled with the letters arranged in alphabetical order?