A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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