A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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