A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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