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    A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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    Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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    People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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    Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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    During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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    Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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    When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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