A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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