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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The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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