A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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