A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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