Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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