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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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.
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The hands of the clock on the back of the $100 bill are set at approximately 4:10.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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