The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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