A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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