NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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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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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!
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If you chew gum when you study a subject and then chew the same flavor when you take the test, it will help you remember!
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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