A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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