Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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