A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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