A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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