A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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