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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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