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For those who romanticize a burial at sea, the company Eternal Reefs offers an innovative solution. It mixes the cremated remains of a person with concrete to create a "pearl" onto which loved ones can etch personal messages, handprints or (environmentally friendly) mementos. The pearl is then encased in a "reef ball" that is dropped into the sea, where it provides a new habitat for fish and other sea life, helping encourage a vibrant ecosystem.
A jumping flea can reach three inches in a millisecond. Acceleration is the change in speed of an object over time, often measured in ‘g’s, with one g equal to the acceleration caused by gravity on Earth (32.2 feet per square second). Fleas experience 100 g during their jumps, ten times that which would kill any human. The flea’s secret to jump so fast is a stretchy rubber-like protein which allows it to store and release energy like a spring
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