A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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