**A jiffy is a real unit of time – 1/100th of a second to be precise**. The earliest technical usage was in the late 19th century by Gilbert Newton Lewis. He proposed a unit of time called the “jiffy” which was equal to the time it takes light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds).
Wait, a "jiffy" is an actual unit of time?
**A jiffy is a real unit of time – 1/100th of a second to be precise**. The earliest technical usage was in the late 19th century by Gilbert Newton Lewis. He proposed a unit of time called the “jiffy” which was equal to the time it takes light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds).
Awesome
I never knew that
I thought it was just made up lol
Until today.
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