Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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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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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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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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