Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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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 alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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