A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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