A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

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At a jet plane's speed of 1,000 km (620mi) per hour, the length of the plane becomes one atom shorter than its original length.
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Western Electric successfully brought sound to motion pictures and introduced systems of mobile communications which culminated in the cellular telephone.
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On December 23, 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., held a secret demonstration of the transistor which marked the foundation of modern electronics.
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The 'pound' key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
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Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
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Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc.  Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6g/cc.

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