Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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