A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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