A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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