A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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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 "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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