Facial twitch: I believe these twitches are similar to the twitches people get in their eyelids. Usually it goes away within 6 weeks or so. There are other causes such as caffeine, stress, alcohol, electrolyte imbalances and excessive fatigue. Feel better.
A shutter speed of 1/30 for example will let in twice as much light as a speed of 1/60 since it is two times slower. When you decrease the shutter speed by a factor of two you are increasing the amount of light by one stop. Remember that fractions get larger as the number on the bottom gets smaller.
In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light in order to capture a permanent image of a scene.