Second Facts

There are 86,400 seconds in a day.

In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds!

No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.

Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.

Americans collectively eat about one hundred pounds of chocolate every second, consuming over 2.8 billion pounds annually.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time used in computing and electronics, typically equal to 1/100th of a second. However, the colloquial phrase 'I'll be there in a jiffy' predates the scientific term and simply meant 'a moment.'

A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.

A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.

McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.