A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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 average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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