A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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