The life boat was patented in 1845!
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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