The life boat was patented in 1845!
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There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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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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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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