The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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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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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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