A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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