Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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